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membrane

[ US /ˈmɛmˌbɹeɪn/ ]
[ UK /mˈɛmbɹe‍ɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. a thin pliable sheet of material
  2. a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants

How To Use membrane In A Sentence

  • This may be true, but chemically the cyanide will adsorb onto a cell membrane increasing the electron donor or antioxidant capacity of the cell.
  • Although he had not howled once, his snarling and growling, combined with his thirst, had hoarsened his throat and dried the mucous membranes of his mouth so that he was incapable, except under the sheerest provocation, of further sound. CHAPTER XVI
  • Sugar, fat and protein molecules are taken through the cell membrane where they are processed by the mitochondria into energy. The Beat Fatigue Workbook - how to identify the causes
  • Results It was observed by light microscopy that the cytomembrane of cultured cells was intact, with no cell injury.
  • In a number of orchid species, the outer tangential walls of short cells have numerous wall ingrowths that greatly expand the surface area of the plasma membrane and, thus, resemble transfer cells.
  • As autozooids grew in length, the outermost diaphragms were calcified in sequence as their membranes formed.
  • This exercise involves the assembly of a glucose biosensor with the glucose oxidase immobilised within a membrane at the surface of polarographic oxygen electrode. Archive 2004-12-01
  • Once the cut has been made, scrape the inside using an old spoon to remove all the seeds and membrane attached to the sides and bottom of the gourd.
  • Research on surfactants and membrane solubilization showed that anionic surfactants interact more with lipid bilayers.
  • Both of these ion changes result in water reabsorption from the airways and dehydration of mucus membranes.
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