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What does one-way mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word one-way? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. allowing movement in only one direction
  2. allowing travel in only one direction
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The flow is helped by a series of one-way valves in the veins that only allow the blood to move upwards.
It is a one-way conduit for moving excess water, proteins, and molecules back into circulation.
It occurs when a one-way valve mechanism is present, enabling entry of air into the pleural space and not permitting its escape.
At the beginning of expiration, you tum the valve creating a one-way valve that only allows expiratory airflow.
The capsule admits afferent lymphatic vessels containing valves that provide one-way flow into the subcapsular sinus.
To keep blood from flowing backward, veins have built-in one-way valves that temporarily dam up the river of blood.

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