penetrant

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“It would give us a better sense of how penetrant the virus is in our communities,” said William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University.

From Washington Times • May 14, 2020

Only five per cent of disease-related gene mutations are fully penetrant, which means they guarantee the disease.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 17, 2019

Whole-brain radiation treatment – highly penetrant x-rays dosed directly through her skull – would also be used against leukaemia growth in her brain.

From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2011

This gas is 3. blistering penetrant, the effects of which last for a considerable length of time, owing to its slow evaporation.

From Time Magazine Archive

At sight of it, at vision of that messy crown of hair and of those gray, penetrant, questioning eyes, the man's spent breath quickened.

From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan