dialysableadj.
/ˈdʌɪəˌlʌɪzəbl/, U.S. /ˈdaɪəˌlaɪzəb(ə)l/ Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Of a substance: able to pass through a semipermeable membrane, and so capable of being separated or removed by dialysis.
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1861 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 151 216 With the parchment-paper septum the fluid caramel appeared even less dialysable than gum.
1922 J. J. Sudborough Bernthsen's Text-bk. Org. Chem. (new ed.) xlviii. 734 The co-enzyme is dialysable, and is not destroyed by boiling.
1965 V. B. Wigglesworth Princ. Insect Physiol. (ed. 6) xiii. 556 The ommochromes fall into two groups: the non-dialysable ‘ommines’, with large molecules, and the dialysable ‘ommatines’ with small molecules.
2005 Plant Physiol. 139 1006/1 These results indicate that a dialyzable component in the autolysin suspension is not involved in the activation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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