Sentence:  Oedema results in disruption of cellular membranes, not only the outer cellular membrane by opening of stretch activated channels that counteract the volume increase, with dissipation of the <WSD>semiconductance</WSD> of the membrane, but also endoplasmic reticulum (ER), Golgi apparatus, mitochondrial membranes, and cytoskeletal microtubules. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Partial conductance.