membranes
- plural of membrane.
Example Sentences
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Membranes designed to allow ions to pass through quickly often lose the ability to separate charges effectively.
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
Alick Isaacs and Jean Lindemann probed a well-known mystery in virology circles: Membranes from chicken eggs inoculated with inactivated influenza virus cannot then be infected with a live version.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 17, 2022
Membranes once shielding the fetus in her womb had ruptured.
From Slate • Sep. 16, 2022
Membranes in the fluid-filled amniotic sac that surrounds the fetus often rupture or break at the start of childbirth - commonly called water breaking.
From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2022
Membranes with a faint, metallic sheen—laminated or separated by narrow air spaces as in a capacitor, for instance...
From The Planet Strappers by Gallun, Raymond Z.
