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membrane
English
Etymology
Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin membr?na (“skin or membrane that covers parts of the body”), from membrum (“a limb or member of the body”) +? -?na. Doublet of membrana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?m.b?e?n/
- Rhymes: -?mb?e?n
Noun
membrane (plural membranes)
- (anatomy, zootomy) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.
- Hyponyms: aperture membrane, basement membrane, Bruch's membrane, cyclitic membrane, Descemet's membrane, hyaloid membrane, Jacob's membrane, mucous membrane, nictating membrane, nictitating membrane, Reissner's membrane, ruptured membrane, Schneiderian membrane, serous membrane, synovial membrane, tectorial membrane, tympanic membrane, virginal membrane, Zinn's membrane
- A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
- Hyponym: single-ply membrane
- A flexible or semiflexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.
- (biology) A microscopic double layer of lipids and proteins forming the boundary of cells or organelles.
- Hyponyms: cell membrane, haptogenic membrane, ion-selective membrane, nuclear membrane, plasma membrane
- A piece of parchment forming part of a roll.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “membrane”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “membrane”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin membr?na.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??.b?an/
Noun
membrane f (plural membranes)
- membrane
Derived terms
Further reading
- “membrane” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
membrane f pl
- plural of membrana
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mem?bra.ne/
Noun
membrane
- plural of membran?
membrane From the web:
- what membrane surrounds the heart
- what membrane covers the lungs
- what membrane surrounds the lungs
- what membrane lines the abdominal cavity
- what membrane covers the heart
- what membrane lines the thoracic cavity
- what membrane is associated with skin
- what membrane lines the heart chambers
apoplast
English
Etymology
apo- +? -plast
Noun
apoplast (plural apoplasts)
- (botany) The space outside of a plant's plasma membrane through which water and soluble nutrients are transported across a tissue or organ
Translations
See also
- symplast
- tonoplast
apoplast From the web:
- what is apoplast pathway
- what is apoplast and symplast
- what is apoplastic movement
- apoplastic route
- what is apoplast route in biology
- what is apoplast system
- what is apoplastic barriers
- what is apoplast in biology
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