membrane

Definitions


[ˈmɛmbreɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a thin sheet of tissue or layer of cells acting as a boundary, lining, or partition in an organism
(e.g: the nucleus is a distinct region with a membrane around it)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin membrana, from membrum ‘limb’




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