membrane
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See also: Membrane
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
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.
- A piece of parchment forming part of a roll.
Derived terms
- biomembrane
- cell membrane
- complement membrane attack complex
- cytomembrane
- cytoplasmic membrane
- endomembrane
- exomembrane
- extramembrane
- geomembrane
- hemimembrane
- hyaline membrane disease
- insane in the membrane
- integral membrane protein
- intermembrane
- intramembrane
- juxtamembrane
- membranaceous
- membranal
- membrane attack complex
- membrane-bone
- membraned
- membrane distillation
- membrane filtration
- membrane keyboard
- membraneless
- membranelike
- membrane mimetic chemistry
- membraneous
- membrane potential
- membrane protein
- membrane separation
- membranic
- membraniferous
- membranized
- membranoid
- membranome
- membranous
- micromembrane
- monomembrane
- multimembrane
- mycomembrane
- nanomembrane
- neomembrane
- neuromembrane
- nonmembrane
- perimembrane
- peripheral membrane protein
- premembrane
- protected membrane roof
- pseudomembrane
- rupture of membranes
- submembrane
- supermembrane
- supramembrane
- thyrohyoid membrane
- transmembrane
Translations
enclosing or separating tissue
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mechanical part
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flexible covering
References
- “membrane”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “membrane”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
membrane f (plural membranes)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “membrane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italian
Noun
membrane f pl
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
membrane