membrane
A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.
Other meanings
A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
A flexible or semiflexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.
Related words
- demembranated
- membranate
- membranectomy
- membraniform
- membranology
- membranopathy
- membranophone
- membranosome
- membranotropic
- membranotropism
- mucus membrane
- membraniferous
Word history
From Latin "membrāna" (skin or membrane that covers parts of the body).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “membrane” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.