membrane

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a thin pliable sheet of material

2. 2
   noun

   a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants

3. 3
   noun

   A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.

4. 4
   noun

   A piece of parchment forming part of a roll.

Common collocations

• fertilization membrane Noun + noun
• plasma membrane Noun + noun
• tympanic membrane Adjective + noun

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.

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