membranenoun [ C or U ]
usuk/ˈmem.breɪn/specializedanatomy a thin piece of skin that covers or connects parts of a person's or animal's body:
The cornea is the transparent membrane that covers the front of the eye.
engineering a very thin piece of material that covers an opening
biology the outer covering of a cell:
a cell membrane
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- amyloid
- atheroma
- caecum
- grey matter
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- lymph vessel
- peptic
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- vitreous humour
- xiphoid
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Coverings and layers
Cells