adjective
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Relating to, made of, or similar to a membrane.
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Characterized by the formation of a membrane or a layer like a membrane.
Other Word Forms
- intermembranous adjective
- membranously adverb
- semimembranous adjective
- submembranaceous adjective
- submembranous adjective
Etymology
Origin of membranous
Example Sentences
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The organelles consist of stacks of membranous sacs that process and package proteins so that they can be transported to other parts of the cell or excreted from the cell.
From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024
It then must move to another membranous network in the cell called the endoplasmic reticulum.
From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023
Scientists suspect that the membranous webbing helps to deter would-be predators by making the octopus appear larger and more intimidating.
From Scientific American • Aug. 15, 2022
In prokaryotes, the DNA is not enclosed in a membranous envelope.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
He was not large of his kind, maybe the length of a forty-oared ship, and was wormthin for all the reach of his black membranous wings.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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