English Explanatory Dictionary

membrane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.
  2. A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
  3. A flexible or semiflexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.
  4. A microscopic double layer of lipids and proteins forming the boundary of cells or organelles.
  5. A piece of parchment forming part of a roll.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛm.bɹeɪn/ en-us-membrane.ogg

Word forms

membrane membranes

Etymology

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.

Derived words

antiglomerular basement membrane disease biomembrane Bruch's membrane cell membrane complement membrane attack complex cytomembrane cytoplasmic membrane demembranated endomembrane exomembrane extramembrane geomembrane hemimembrane hyaline membrane disease ice dam membrane insane in the membrane integral membrane protein intermembrane intramembrane juxtamembrane membranaceous membranal membranate membrane attack complex membrane bone membrane-bone membranectomy membraned membrane distillation membrane filtration membrane keyboard membraneless membranelike membrane mimetic chemistry membraneous membrane potential membrane protein membrane separation membranic membraniferous membraniform membranized membranoid membranology membranome membranopathy membranophone membranosome membranotropic membranotropism membranous micromembrane monomembrane mucus membrane multimembrane mycomembrane nanomembrane neomembrane neuromembrane nonmembrane

Translations

Arabic: غِشَاء Armenian: թաղանթ Asturian: membrana Azerbaijani: qişa Belarusian: мембра́на Belarusian: мэмбра́на Belarusian: перапо́нка Belarusian: бало́на Belarusian: бало́нка Bulgarian: ци́па Bulgarian: мембра́на Catalan: membrana Chinese Mandarin: 膜 Chinese Mandarin: 薄膜 Czech: membrána Czech: blána Danish: membran Dutch: membraan Esperanto: membrano Estonian: kile Estonian: membraan Finnish: kalvo French: membrane Galician: membrana Galician: teaz German: Membran German: Membrane German: Häutchen Greek: μεμβράνη Greek: υμένας Ancient Greek: ὑμήν Ancient Greek: μῆνιγξ Hebrew: קרום Hindi: झिल्ली Hungarian: hártya Icelandic: himna Indonesian: membran Ingrian: obolocka Irish: scannán Irish: seicin Italian: membrana Italian: pergamena Japanese: 膜 Khmer: ភ្នាស Korean: 막 Northern Kurdish: perde Latin: membrāna Latvian: membrāna Latvian: plēve Lithuanian: membrana Lithuanian: plėvė Macedonian: ци́па Macedonian: мембра́на Malay: kulipis Malayalam: ചർമ്മം Northern Mansi: сыквар Māori: rīrapa Māori: tewe Māori: kiriuhi Mongolian: хальс
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