[1775–85; diffuse + -ible]This word is first recorded in the period 1775–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Americanism, amateur, backup, flashing, guideline-ible is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to”.Other words that use the affix -ible include: collectible, divisible, possible, tangible, visible
Examples of 'diffusible' in a sentence
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Chondrocytes communicate with each other mainly via diffusible signals rather than direct cell-to-cell contact.
Jianmei Li, Shiwu Dong 2016, 'The Signaling Pathways Involved in Chondrocyte Differentiation and Hypertrophic Differentiation',Stem Cells Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2470351. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The amount of diffusible hydrogen in the weld metal can be influenced by several factors.
Weslley Carlos Dias da Silva, Alexandre Queiroz Bracarense, Ezequiel Caires PereiraPessoa 2012, 'Efeito da profundidade de soldagem no hidrogênio difusível de soldas molhadas Effectof water depth on diffusible hydrogen on wet welds', Soldagem & Inspeçãohttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-92242012000400004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The apoptosis stimulus could be cytoadherence, direct cell-cell contact without cytoadherence, or diffusiblesoluble factors.
Jean Claude Biteghe Bi Essone, Nadine N'Dilimabaka, Julien Ondzaga, Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki,Dieudonné Nkoghe Mba, Philippe Deloron, Dominique Mazier, Frédrérick Gay, FousseyniS. Touré Ndouo 2017, 'Comparison of apoptosis in human primary pulmonary endothelial cells and a brain microvascularendothelial cell line co-cultured with Plasmodium falciparum field isolates', BMC Infectious Diseaseshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2552-0. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Diffusible signals provide critical information to cells in biological systems, often in a concentration-dependent manner.
Zachary Mekus, Jessica Cooley, Aaron George, Victoria Sabo, Morgan Strzegowski, MichelleStarz-Gaiano, Bradford E. Peercy 2018, 'Effects of cell packing on chemoattractant distribution within a tissue', AIMS Biophysicshttp://www.aimspress.com/biophysics/article/1814/fulltext.html. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Bioassays were run using dual cultures and diffusible compound production analysis.
Jane Otadoh, Sheila Okoth, James Ochanda, James Kahindi 2010, 'ASSESSMENT OF Trichoderma ISOLATES FOR VIRULENCE EFFICACY ON Fusarium oxysporum F.sp. Phaseoli', Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystemshttp://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/686. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Significant differences in the dynamics of diffusible aniogenesis simulators are also predicted between different domains.
James A Grogan, Anthony J Connor, Joe M Pitt-Francis, Philip K Maini, Helen M Byrne 2018, 'The importance of geometry in the corneal micropocket angiogenesis assay.', PLoS Computational Biologyhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5862519?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Quorum signals are diffusible factors produced by bacteria that coordinate communal responses.
W Edward Swords 2012, 'Quorum signaling and sensing by nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae', Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2012.00100/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)