What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Permeability vs Diazoxide - What's the difference?

permeability | diazoxide |

As nouns the difference between permeability and diazoxide

is that permeability is the property of being permeable while diazoxide is a potassium channel activator which causes local relaxation in smooth muscle by increasing membrane permeability to potassium ions, used as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and in diabetes to decrease the secretion of insulin.

permeability

English

(wikipedia permeability)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • the property of being permeable
  • the rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material
  • (geology) a measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water)
  • (physics) a quantitative measure of the degree of magnetization of a material in the presence of an applied magnetic field (measured in newtons per ampere squared in SI units).

    • Related terms

    * impermeable * nonpermeable * permeameter

    See also

    * conductivity

    diazoxide

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia diazoxide)
  • A potassium channel activator which causes local relaxation in smooth muscle by increasing membrane permeability to potassium ions, used as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and in diabetes to decrease the secretion of insulin.