n. a thin; soft; pliable sheet or layer; especially of animal or vegetable tissue; serving as a covering or lining; as for an organ or cell any thin; flexible layer or material designed to separate; filter; etc.
An onion has a very thin membrane over it.
An onion has a very thin membrane over it.
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All cells have a cell membrane.
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Osmotic pressure prevents inward flow of water across a semipermeable membrane.
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Mucous membrane lines body passages that communicate with the exterior.
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The larger molecules could not pass through the semipermeable membrane.
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There was an alary membrane on each side of the seed.
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Beneath the bone's outer membrane is a layer of compact bone.
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A cytoplasmic lipid membrane is generally present in a Gram-positive bacterium.
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The buccal gland is situated in the mucous membrane of the cheeks.
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It was covered with a permeable membrane.
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The plasma membrane regulates what enters and leaves the cell.
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Pellicle is a firm flexible coating outside of the plasma membrane.
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mem-brane
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