SINCE 1828
biomembrane
noun
bio·mem·brane
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Medical Definition of biomembrane
: a membrane either on the surface or interior of a cell that is composed of protein and lipid especially in sheets only a few molecules thick and that limits the diffusion and transport of materials
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