membrane
See also: Membrane
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmembɹeɪn/
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Noun
membrane (plural membranes)
- A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually in a plant or animal).
- A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
- A flexible or semi-flexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.
Derived terms
- aperture membrane
- basement membrane
- biomembrane
- cell membrane
- complement membrane attack complex
- cyclitic membrane
- cytomembrane
- Descemet's membrane
- endomembrane
- exomembrane
- extramembrane
- geomembrane
- haptogenic membrane
- hemimembrane
- hyaline membrane disease
- hyaloid membrane
- insane in the membrane
- integral membrane protein
- intermembrane
- intramembrane
- ion-selective membrane
- Jacob's membrane
- juxtamembrane
- membrane distillation
- membraneless
- membranelike
- membrane mimetic chemistry
- membraneous
- membrane potential
- membrane protein
- membrane separation
- monomembrane
- mucous membrane
- multimembrane
- mycomembrane
- nanomembrane
- neomembrane
- neuromembrane
- nictating membrane
- nictitating membrane
- nonmembrane
- nuclear membrane
- peripheral membrane protein
- plasma membrane
- premembrane
- protected membrane roof
- pseudomembrane
- Reissner's membrane
- ruptured membrane
- Schneiderian membrane
- serous membrane
- single-ply membrane
- submembrane
- supermembrane
- supramembrane
- synovial membrane
- tectorial membrane
- transmembrane
- tympanic membrane
- virginal membrane
- Zinn's membrane
Translations
enclosing or separating tissue
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mechanical part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force
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flexible covering whose primary function is to exclude water
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑ̃.bʁan/
Further reading
- “membrane” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
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