membrane.
A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.
Meaning & usage
A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments. A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments. A flexible or semiflexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.
A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments. A microscopic double layer of lipids and proteins forming the boundary of cells or organelles.
A piece of parchment forming part of a roll.
Where this word comes from
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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