mem|brane

mem|brane
mem|brane «MEHM brayn», noun.
1. a thin, soft skin, sheet, or layer of animal tissue, lining, covering, separating, or connecting some part of the body: »

Living cells are enclosed in membranes through which they obtain their food (K. S. Spiegler).

2. a similar layer of vegetable tissue.
3. a similar layer of some synthetic substance. The semipermeable plastic sheets used in electrodialysis are called membranes.
4. a skin of parchment forming part of a roll.
╂[< Latin membrāna a (covering) membrane of skin < membrum member]

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