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passive transport

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passive transport
n.
The movement of a chemical substance across a cell membrane without expenditure of energy by the cell, as in diffusion.
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Noun1.passive transport - transport of a substance across a cell membrane by diffusion; expenditure of energy is not required
transport - an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
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