Definition of Transpiration

1. Noun. The passage of gases through fine tubes because of differences in pressure or temperature.

Generic synonyms: Action, Activity, Natural Action, Natural Process
Derivative terms: Transpire

2. Noun. The process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes.
Generic synonyms: Activity, Bodily Function, Bodily Process, Body Process
Derivative terms: Transpire

3. Noun. The emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants.
Generic synonyms: Biological Process, Organic Process
Derivative terms: Transpire

Definition of Transpiration

1. n. The act or process of transpiring or excreting in the form of vapor; exhalation, as through the skin or other membranes of the body; as, pulmonary transpiration, or the excretion of aqueous vapor from the lungs. Perspiration is a form of transpiration.

Definition of Transpiration

1. Noun. (botany) The loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots. ¹

2. Noun. (physiology) The process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes. ¹

3. Noun. The passage of gases through fine tubes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transpiration

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Transpiration

1. Loss of water vapour from land plants into the atmosphere, causing movement of water through the plant from the soil to the atmosphere via roots, shoot and leaves. Occurs mainly through the stomata. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transpiration

transphobes
transphobias
transphobic
transphosphatases
transphosphorylases
transphosphorylation
transpicuous
transpierce
transpierced
transpierces
transpiercing
transpirable
transpirate
transpiration (current term)
transpirational
transpirations
transpiratory
transpire
transpired
transpires
transpiring
transplace
transplacental
transplacentally
transplanckian
transplanetary
transplant
transplant lung syndrome

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