per·me·ate

(pûr′mē-āt′)

v. per·me·at·ed, per·me·at·ing, per·me·ates

v.tr.

1. To pass through the openings or interstices of: liquid permeating a membrane.

2. To spread or flow throughout; pervade: "Our thinking is permeated by our historical myths" (Freeman J. Dyson). See Synonyms at imbue.

v.intr.

To spread through or penetrate something.

[Latin permeāre, permeāt-, to penetrate : per-, through; see per- + meāre, to pass; see mei- in Indo-European roots.]

per′me·ant (-ənt), per′me·a′tive (-ā′tĭv) adj.

per′me·a′tion n.

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Adj.

permeative - spreading or spread throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic"; "an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion"

permeant, permeating, pervasive

distributive - serving to distribute or allot or disperse

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Father and Son are mutually receptive and permeative, containing one another.

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Radiograph shows expansile lytic lesion with well-defined margins and eccentrically located at metaphysis surrounding by a thin cortical layer.33 Sometimes it represents a permeative lesion mimicking a malignancy.

Benign tumours and tumour like lesions of bone

Moth-eaten (Figure 4) and permeative (Figures 7, 12) bone destruction are described in malignant bone tumors such as Ewing sarcoma and osteosarcoma, but can be seen with osteomyelitis.

Pediatric bone imaging: Differentiating benign lesions from malignant

On radiographs, these lesions may appear lytic and permeative with some sclerotic characteristics, such as the classic onion skin appearance (Fig.

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Histologically, the tumor exhibited a permeative growth pattern and was composed of uniformly high-grade round cells with brisk mitotic activity arranged in tight nests separated by a delicate capillary network (Figure 3).

A Case Report of High-Grade Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma: A Rare Cause of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in a Young Woman

Computed tomography (CT) revealed a mixed radiolucent and sclerotic permeative lesion within the left posterior medial epiphysis with medial cortical destruction (Figure 1).

Epiphyseal Primary Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of Bone

There was mild permeative to moth-eaten lysis of the cranioventral aspect of the vertebral body of T13, consistent with osteomyelitis.

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MRI revealed a permeative lytic destruction of right lower half of the clivus along with petrous and squamous part of temporal bone, anterior and lateral mass of the atlas vertebra.

Aneurysmal bone cyst of the clivus- a rare occurrence

Findings of diffuse and permeative abnormal hypermetabolic activity throughout the cavity corresponding to thickening and caking of the omentum and small pelvic free fluid.

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HRCT of the temporal bones showed extensive irregular permeative osteolytic destruction of the right temporal bone and adjacent right occipital bone.

Bilateral Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma of the Temporal Bone: A Rare and Unusual Presentation

The lesion exerted a mass effect compressing the 4th ventricle and brainstem structures, with supratentorial triventricular hydrocephalus (Figure 1) accompanied by permeative bone reaction in the left occipital bone (Figure 2).

Primary Occipital Ewing's Sarcoma with Subsequent Spinal Seeding

Microglandular adenosis, with its permeative pattern of small glands and absence of myoepithelial cells, is a major diagnostic hazard, especially on limited core biopsy samples.

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