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Definitions for Membrane
[1] Anatomy . a thin, pliable sheet or layer of animal or vegetable tissue, serving to line an organ, connect parts, etc.
[2] Cell Biology . the thin, limiting covering of a cell or cell part.
[3] any thin pliable sheet of material
[4] a pliable sheetlike usually fibrous tissue that covers, lines, or connects plant and animal organs or cells
[5] biology a double layer of lipid, containing some proteins, that surrounds biological cells and some of their internal structures
[6] physics a two-dimensional entity postulated as a fundamental constituent of matter in superstring theories of particle physics
[7] a skin of parchment forming part of a roll
Words related to Membrane
sheath, sheet, lamina, leaf, film, placenta, mucosa
Words nearby Membrane
member of the wedding, the, membered, membership, membrana, membrana adventitia, membrane, membrane bone, membrane expansion theory, membrane potential, membrane transport, membrane-coating granule
Origin of Membrane
1375–1425; late Middle English; Middle English membraan parchment < Latin membrāna. See member, -an
Other words from Membrane
mem·brane·less , adjective
in·ter·mem·brane , adjective
Word origin for Membrane
C16: from Latin membrāna skin covering a part of the body, from membrum member