Synonyms for leakiness
leak·i·ness

Princeton's WordNet

1. leakinessnoun

   the condition of permitting leaks or leakage

   "the leakiness of the roof"; "the heart valve's leakiness"; "the leakiness of the boat made it dangerous to use"

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1. • Condition

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1. Janice Kiecolt-Glaser:

   There have been animal studies that show that stress can lead to leaky gut in mice, and studies with clinical depression that have shown the same, but this shows that chronic marital stress can lead to greater gut leakiness, and that leakiness is very much associated with inflammation.

2. Elizabeth Corwin:

   High cortisol, which is one of our stress hormones, can actually increase the leakiness of your gut, if you're living with high stress, your gut might be leakier.