ionophore
Meanings
noun
- Any substance that can transfer ions from a hydrophilic medium (such as water) to a hydrophobic medium, or across a biological membrane, normally by forming a reversible complex with it; an ion carrier
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Etymology
From ion + -o- + -phore.
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