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impermeable

 [im-per´me-ah-b'l]
not permitting passage, as for fluid.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

im·per·me·a·ble

(im-per'mē-ă-bĕl),
Not permeable; not permitting the passage of substances (for example, liquids, gases) or heat through a membrane or other structure.
Synonym(s): impervious
[L. im- permeabilis, not to be passed through]
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im·per·me·a·ble

(im-pĕr'mē-ă-bĕl)
Not permitting the passage of liquids, gases, or heat through a membrane or other structure.
[L. im- permeabilis, not to be passed through]
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