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ACTIVE TRANSPORT
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of energy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("active transport" is a kind of...):
transport (an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes)
Domain category:
drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)
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