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membrane

memb·rane

UK/ˈmɛm.bɹeɪn/ US/ˈmɛˌmbreɪn/ uncommon

noun

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a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects organs or cells of animals

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Origin

Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin membrāna (“skin or membrane that covers parts of the body”), from membrum (“a limb or member of the body”) + -āna. Doublet of membrana.

Phrases

  • antiglomerular basement membrane disease
  • Bruch's membrane
  • cell membrane
  • collodion membrane
  • complement membrane attack complex
  • cytoplasmic membrane
  • hyaline membrane disease
  • ice dam membrane

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