PERMEATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does permeation mean? 

• PERMEATION (noun)
  The noun PERMEATION has 2 senses:

1. the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance

2. mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other

  Familiarity information: PERMEATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERMEATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of permeating or infusing something with a substance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

permeation; pervasion; suffusion

Hypernyms ("permeation" is a kind of...):

diffusion ((physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "permeation"):

ammonification (impregnation with ammonia or a compound of ammonia)

carbonation (saturation with carbon dioxide (as soda water))

impregnation; saturation (the process of totally saturating something with a substance)

Derivation:

permeate (penetrate mutually or be interlocked)

permeate (spread or diffuse through)

permeate (pass through)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

interpenetration; permeation

Hypernyms ("permeation" is a kind of...):

penetration (the act of entering into or through something)

Derivation:

permeate (penetrate mutually or be interlocked)

permeate (spread or diffuse through)

 Context examples 

The richly supplied vascular nature of the nasal mucosa coupled with its high drug permeation makes the nasal route of administration attractive for many drugs, including proteins and peptides.

(Nasal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

In the microvascular bed, EC regulate the permeation of various metabolites, macromolecules, and gases, as well as autocrine and paracrine factors and are involved in the regulation of cell nutrition.

(Ion Channels in Vascular Endothelium Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Gel permeation or sieve chromatography that is performed on porous gels that separate solutes on the basis of size.

(Gel Filtration Chromatography, NCI Thesaurus)

Expression of ICAM-1 (CD54) is increased by inflammatory signals, increasing adhesion and permeation of lymphocytes into inflamed tissues.

(Adhesion Molecules on Lymphocyte Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Device problems that occur when the device becomes worn, weakened, corroded, or broken down due to processes such as aging, permeation, and corrosion.

(Device Degradation Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)

Both contained the antibiotic ciprofloxacin and chemical permeation enhancers, which help the drug get across the eardrum into the middle ear.

(Developing novel ear infection treatments, NIH)

It is structurally continuous with the sclera, is avascular, receiving its nourishment by permeation through spaces between the lamellae, and is innervated by the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve via the ciliary nerves and those of the surrounding conjunctiva which together form plexuses.

(Murine Cornea, NCI Thesaurus)