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membrane

47 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. membrane (noun)
  2. membrane bone (noun)
  3. membrane filter (noun)
  4. membrane of Descemet (noun)
  5. membrane of Krause (noun)
  6. membrane potential (noun)
  7. basement membrane (noun)
  8. basilar membrane (noun)
  9. Bowman's membrane (noun)
  10. Brunn's membrane (noun)
  11. buccopharyngeal membrane (noun)
  12. cell membrane (noun)
  13. cloacal membrane (noun)
  14. costocoracoid membrane (noun)
  15. cricothyroid membrane (noun)
  16. Descemet's membrane (noun)
  17. embryonic membrane (noun)
  18. false membrane (noun)
  19. fenestrated membrane (noun)
  20. fertilization membrane (noun)
  21. hyaline membrane disease (noun)
  22. hyaloid membrane (noun)
  23. interosseous membrane (noun)
  24. Krause's membrane (noun)
  25. mucous membrane (noun)
  26. Nasmyth's membrane (noun)
  27. nictitating membrane (noun)
  28. nuclear membrane (noun)
  29. obturator membrane (noun)
  30. oral membrane (noun)

mem·brane

noun \ˈmem-ˌbrān\

Definition of MEMBRANE

1
: a thin soft pliable sheet or layer especially of animal or plant origin
2
: a limiting protoplasmic surface or interface—see nuclear membrane, plasma membrane
—mem·braned \ˈmem-ˌbrānd\ adjective

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