covering membrane

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• Membrane bioreactor — (MBR) is the combination of a membrane process like microfiltration or ultrafiltration with a suspended growth bioreactor, and is now widely used for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment with plant sizes up to 80,000 population… …   Wikipedia

• membrane — [mem′brān΄] n. [L membrana, membrane, fine skin, parchment < membrum,MEMBER] 1. a thin, soft, pliable sheet or layer, especially of animal or vegetable tissue, serving as a covering or lining, as for an organ or cell 2. any thin, flexible… …   English World dictionary

• membrane — [n] covering layer film, lamina, leaf, mucosa, sheath, sheet; concept 484 …   New thesaurus

• membrane — ► NOUN 1) a skin like covering or sheet in an organism or cell. 2) a thin skin like sheet of material. DERIVATIVES membraneous adjective membranous adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from membrum limb …   English terms dictionary

• membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m …   Medical dictionary

• Membrane protein — Crystal structure of Potassium channel KvAP. Calculated hydrocarbon boundaries of the lipid bilayer are indicated by red and blue dots. A membrane protein is a protein molecule that is attached to, or associated with the membrane of a cell or an… …   Wikipedia

• membrane — membraneless, adj. /mem brayn/, n. 1. Anat. a thin, pliable sheet or layer of animal or vegetable tissue, serving to line an organ, connect parts, etc. 2. Cell Biol. the thin, limiting covering of a cell or cell part. [1375 1425; late ME; ME… …   Universalium

• membrane — Synonyms and related words: allantoic membrane, amnion, amniotic sac, arachnoid membrane, basement membrane, coat, coating, collop, conjuctiva, covering, cut, deal, disk, eardrum, feuille, film, flap, foil, fold, hymen, lamella, lamina, laminated …   Moby Thesaurus

• covering bone — dermal bone (any of the the superficial bones in Teleostomi derived from the dermis and overlying the deeper elements of the skull. Primitive fishes have more dermal bones than higher ones, e.g. the armour of Ostracodermi. Dermal bones are a form …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• membrane bone — a bone which arises directly from connective tissue membranes without cartilaginous precursors. Includes dermal bones, as opposed to cartilage ones. Membrane bones are thin, laminar and located near the surface of the body. When the connective… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• covering — Synonyms and related words: assimilating, bigness, blanket, blanketing, border, brooding, burial, burying, calcimining, circumference, cloak, cloaking, clouding, coat, coating, collop, comprising, concealedness, concealing, concealment,… …   Moby Thesaurus