membrane
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- noun
- /ˈmɛmˌbreɪn/
- Specialized
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membrana
- And that's a very simple membrane surrounding the egg.
- cell membrane
- mucous membrane
- tympanic membrane
They tense up your cell membranes throughout your entire body.
- They tense up your cell membranes throughout your entire body.
- And this is no surprise given that those membranes are made out of fatty stuff.
- That person is stimulating glucose channels to be at the membrane all day.
- That when you boil eggs, don't peel off and throw away that little membrane after you take the shell off.
Examples
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The retina is a thin, multi-layered membrane that lines the inside back two-thirds of the eye.
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Water from your gastrointestinal tract seeps through the membrane at a carefully controlled rate.
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How does the membrane work, and where does that strength come from?
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And one of those technologies is to have a self healing membrane on the outside of the space suit.
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At the top you can see the nuclear membrane with nuclear core complexes.
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This is an example of a membrane dialysis unit.
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It's a permeable membrane and many people move back and forth across it.
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With these clamps, we're holding the membrane down on these edges.
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We take sections from the pancreas of a pig and then I put a membrane over it that I especially developed for that.
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The retina is a thin, multi-layered membrane that lines the inside back two-thirds of the eye.
Synonyms
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A thin sheet of material that covers a surface
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A flat thin layer of material like plastic or ice
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A thin layer of body tissue that covers an organ or blood vessel
A layer of tissue that covers an organ or body part
A thin sheet of cells that covers and joins parts of plants and animals
A thin muscle under the lungs that separates the chest from the belly
Idioms
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Acting or feeling very silly and not thinking clearly, often as a joke
Compounds
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A thin flexible outer layer around a cell that controls what enters and leaves
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A moist inner layer lining body openings that makes sticky fluid to protect and keep them wet
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A thin flexible layer around a cell that controls what enters and leaves it
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A thin skin between the outer ear and the middle ear that vibrates when sound hits it
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A thin transparent third eyelid that protects and keeps the eye wet
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A thin layer that surrounds and protects a developing baby in the womb
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A thin layer that lets some small particles pass but blocks others
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A thin stiff membrane inside the inner ear that carries sound vibrations to help hearing
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A thin membrane with many blood vessels in bird and reptile eggs that helps the embryo breathe and grow
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A thin, web-like middle layer that covers the brain and spinal cord
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A thin layer that forms around a fertilized egg to stop other sperm
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A bone that forms directly in soft tissue instead of from cartilage, like skull and collar bones
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A thin material with tiny holes that removes particles and germs from liquids or air
- Archaic
A serious lung problem in babies born too early that makes breathing hard
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A thin clear layer inside the eye that holds the jelly in front of the retina
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A thin layer of tissue that lines spaces inside the chest or abdomen and makes a slippery fluid
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A thin tissue inside a joint that makes fluid to keep the joint moving smoothly
- Archaic
A thin fold of skin that partly covers the entrance to the vagina and is present at birth
How Thin
Surface Forms
Etymology
Membrane comes from the Latin word membrana, itself from membrum meaning 'limb' or 'member' and related to the English word member; imagine a thin 'skin' that covers a limb. So a membrane today is any thin, flexible layer that covers, lines, or separates parts.