different between membrane vs retentate
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:
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- what membrane surrounds the lungs
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- what membrane covers the heart
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- what membrane is associated with skin
- what membrane lines the heart chambers
retentate
English
Etymology
retent +? -ate
Noun
retentate (plural retentates)
- That which is retained, for example by a filter or porous membrane.
retentate From the web:
- retentate meaning
- what is retentate and permeate
- what does retention mean
- what is retentate in milk
- what is retentate used for
- what does retention mean in spanish
- what is the retentate stream
- what is a retentate in chemistry
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