mĕm'brān'
Division of a country into separate, autonomous nations.
The proportional distribution of a quantity or entity:
tissue layer
a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants
surface (related)
The outer or the topmost boundary of an object.
A single thickness of a material covering a surface or forming an overlying part or segment:
A membranous fold of tissue that partly or completely occludes the external vaginal orifice.
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A thin wall or membrane that separates two parts or structures in an organism. Septae separate the chambers of the heart and subdivide the hyphae of some fungi.
A covering or receptacle resembling this, as the membrane around a muscle, a leaf base enveloping a stem of grass, etc.
substrate (related)
tectorial (related)
vesicle (related)
capillary (related)
bilayer (related)
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semipermeable (related)
molecule (related)
cavity (related)
filament (related)
cell (related)
liposome (related)
tissue (related)
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epithelial (related)
cytoplasmic (related)
chorion
(Botany) The outer membrane of seeds of plants.
(Nautical) An exterior covering on the underwater part of a ship's hull that protects it against marine growths.
A tough, thin membrane that forms a sac enclosing the embryo or fetus of a mammal, bird, or reptile. It is filled with a serous fluid in which the embryo or fetus is suspended.
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Skin is the outer layer of something.
cell-membrane (related)
A membrane surrounding a cell or cell part; esp., plasma membrane
basolateral (related)
Find another word for membrane. In this page you can discover 33 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for membrane, like: partition, division, tissue layer, surface, film, layer, hymen, septum, sheath, substrate and tectorial.
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