membrane
noun
mem·brane
ˈmem-ˌbrān 
1
: a thin soft pliable sheet or layer especially of animal or plant origin
2
: a piece of parchment forming part of a roll
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Further, detailed examination of the participants' immune responses showed not only systemic response, but responses in distant mucus membranes.
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Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025
Lalami’s writing has often revolved around questions of migration, belonging, and the thin membrane that separates citizen from outsider; The Dream Hotel mines similar themes.
—Sam Worley, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Its propulsion system incorporates two soft, flexible, 6-mm-thick rubber membranes which serve as pectoral fins.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
In 2011, Sigal Ben-Yehuda and her postdoc Gyanendra Dubey at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem first published images of tiny bridges, made of membrane, between the bacteria Bacillus subtilis.
—Veronique Greenwood, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2025
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Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025
Lalami’s writing has often revolved around questions of migration, belonging, and the thin membrane that separates citizen from outsider; The Dream Hotel mines similar themes.
—Sam Worley, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Its propulsion system incorporates two soft, flexible, 6-mm-thick rubber membranes which serve as pectoral fins.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
In 2011, Sigal Ben-Yehuda and her postdoc Gyanendra Dubey at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem first published images of tiny bridges, made of membrane, between the bacteria Bacillus subtilis.
—Veronique Greenwood, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2025
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membrane
noun
mem·brane
ˈmem-ˌbrān
: a thin soft flexible sheet or layer especially of a plant or animal part (as a cell, tissue, or organ)
membranous
adjective
ˈmem-brə-nəs
Medical Definition
membrane
noun
mem·brane
ˈmem-ˌbrān
1
: a thin soft pliable sheet or layer especially of animal or plant origin
2
: a limiting protoplasmic surface or interface see nuclear membrane, plasma membrane
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