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<biology, physiology> A membrane that is selectively permeable to only one (or a few) solutes.
The potential developed across a membrane permeable to only one ionic species is given by the Nernst equation for the species: this is the basis for the operation of ion selective electrodes.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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