membrane
See also: Membrane
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
enclosing or separating tissue
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mechanical part
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flexible covering
References edit
- “membrane”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “membrane”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
membrane f (plural membranes)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “membrane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Noun edit
membrane f pl
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
membrane