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cotransport (medicine)


cotransport
<cell biology, physiology> The linked, simultaneous transport one substance across a membrane, coupled with the simultaneous transport of another substance across the same membrane in the same direction.

The transport of sodium from high to low concentration can provide the energy for transport of the second species up a concentration gradient.

See: secondary active transport.


dead 2, adverb (oh)



2 S3 adv informal
completely
dead right/wrong
::'It's a crazy idea.' 'You're dead right!'
dead straight/flat
::The road was dead straight.
dead quiet/calm/still
::Everything suddenly went dead still.
be dead (set) against sth
(=completely disagree with something)
::Her family were dead against the Marriage.
::He was obviously dead drunk .
::When he saw her, he stopped dead in his tracks (=suddenly stopped moving completely) .
spoken very
::He was dead good-looking.
::It sounded dead boring.
dead beat/tired
(=very tired)
[+ adjective/adverb] directly or exactly
::I stared dead ahead at the doorway.
::The bus arrived dead on time .