Header Logo

Diffusion

"Diffusion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

expand / collapse MeSH information
The tendency of a gas or solute to pass from a point of higher pressure or concentration to a point of lower pressure or concentration and to distribute itself throughout the available space. Diffusion, especially FACILITATED DIFFUSION, is a major mechanism of BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT.


expand / collapse publications
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Diffusion" by people in this website by year, and whether "Diffusion" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 34 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2011 and 2012 and 2013
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.