countertransport

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ transport.

Noun

countertransport (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) The transport of two chemical species across a membrane in opposite directions
   • 2002, Max EllenbergHarold Rifkinet al., Ellenberg and Rifkin's Diabetes Mellitus:

     Increased Na+/Li+ countertransport activity has been described in a study of parents of proteinuric type 1 diabetic patients, although not in another.

Verb

countertransport (third-person singular simple present countertransports, present participle countertransporting, simple past and past participle countertransported)

1. To transport two chemical species across a membrane in opposite directions

Related terms

• countertransporter