1 [NEW!] Sports vocabulary : Words for popular American sports. [ 2 NEW!] Air Travel: Useful words for traveling on airplanes and through airports. 3  The Environment: Vocabulary related to environmental science and climate change.  Family members: Relatives and other important people.
diffusion coefficient see diffusion coefficient. coefficient of digestibility the proportion of a food that is digested compared to what is absorbed, expressed as a percentage. dilution coefficient a number that expresses the effectiveness of a disinfectant for a given organism.
Diffusion and Transport Across Cell Membranes II. LIPID DIFFUSION: THE MAJOR MEANS OF DRUG ABSORPTION AND PERMEATION The rate at which a molecule diffuses across a membrane depends on its size and its degree of hydrophobicity (Fig. 2). Hydrophobic substances such as gases and steroid hormones diffuse across membranes easily.