transmembrane

[ trans-mem-breyn, tranz- ]

adjectiveBiology.
  1. occurring across a membrane, as an electric potential or the transport of ions or gases.

Origin of transmembrane

1
First recorded in 1940–45; trans- + membrane

Words Nearby transmembrane

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