antiport
nounEtymology
From Italian antiporta. By surface analysis, anti- (“before”) + port (“entryway”).
- borrowed from antiporta
Definitions
A structure in a cell membrane that simultaneously transports different molecules or ions…
A structure in a cell membrane that simultaneously transports different molecules or ions through the membrane in opposite directions.
To simultaneously transport different molecules or ions through a cell membrane in…
To simultaneously transport different molecules or ions through a cell membrane in opposite directions.
Obsolete form of anteport.
- [T]he Viſier and Solyman Aga went to the Chamber where the King ſlept, and lifting up the Antiport, made a ſign of ſilence to the Ladies of the Guard , commanding by dumb motions that the Young Queen ſhould be awakened […]
- This like the Chappel at Mecca, they eſteem ſo holy, that it is only lawful for a Muſulman to enter into it. If a Chriſtian or Jew ſhould but lift up the Anti[-]port, and ſet one ſtep into it, he profaned it, […]
- Lifting up the antiport, and advancing a little forward, I could not perceive the leaſt noiſe; […]
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA