symport

English

Noun

symport (countable and uncountable, plural symports)

The transportation, through a membrane, of molecules of more than one substance at the same time.

Related terms

antiport

Translations

molecular transport

Italian: simporto (it) m

Verb

symport (third-person singular simple present symports, present participle symporting, simple past and past participle symported)

To simultaneously transport molecules of different substances through a membrane.