membranologyn.
/ˌmɛmbrəˈnɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌmɛmbrəˈnɑlədʒi/ Now chiefly Biology. rare before late 20th cent.
The scientific study of membranes, now esp. cell membranes.
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membranology1775
bursalogy1811
hymenology1847
1775 G. Motherby New Med. Dict. Membranologia, membranology. It treats of the common integuments, and of particular membranes.
1807 R. Morris & J. Kendrick Edinb. Med. & Physical Dict. II Membranalogia, membranology, or the doctrine of the common integuments and membranes of the body.
1976 Nature 8 Apr. 562/2 Four chapters are concerned with membrane studies, a reflection of the fact that it is in the field of membranology that spin labelling has proved most fruitful.
1986 European Jrnl. Biochem. 155 453 The key research problems of micellar enzymology are formulated and its relation to enzyme membranology is discussed.
1994 Chem. & Physics Lipids 73 139 The nature of the interactions responsible for the formation of domains [in a lipid bilayer], the way they develop and the time- and space-scale over which they exist represent today as many challenging problems in membranology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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