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 technology — The membrane technology covers all process engineering measures for the transport of substances between two fractions with the help of permeable membranes. That means in general mechanical separation process for separation of gaseous or liquid… … Wikipedia
Membrane oxygenator — A membrane oxygenator is a device used to add oxygen to, and remove carbon dioxide from the blood. It can be used in two principal modes: to imitate the function of the lungs in cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), and to oxygenate blood in longer term… … Wikipedia
membrane — n. 1) a thin layer of tissue surrounding the whole or part of an organ or tissue lining a cavity, or separating adjacent structures or cavities. See also: basement membrane, mucous membrane, serous membrane 2) the lipoprotein envelope surrounding … The new mediacal dictionary
membrane — noun a) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually in a plant or animal). b) A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force … Wiktionary
membrane separation — noun any of several proceses for separating the components of mixtures by using thin barriers between two miscible fluids; any transmembrane force leads to preferential transport of one or more feed components … Wiktionary
Biological membrane — This article is about various membranes in living things. For the membranes surrounding cells, see cell membrane. Cross section view of the structures that can be formed by phospholipids in aqueous solutions A biological membrane or biomembrane… … Wikipedia
placental membrane — the semipermeable membrane that separates the fetal from the maternal blood in the placenta. In the human (hemochorial) placenta, it is composed of fetal vascular endothelium, connective tissue, cytotrophoblast, and syncytiotrophoblast, and it… … Medical dictionary
Tympanic membrane — Just the ear drum. * * * tympanic membrane n a thin membrane separating the middle ear from the inner part of the external auditory canal that vibrates in response to sound energy and transmits the resulting mechanical vibrations to the… … Medical dictionary
Glomerular basement membrane — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Glomerulus. (Diagram in French, but Membrane basale glomerulaire et ses podocytes labeled near center.) Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph =… … Wikipedia
Vitreous membrane — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = membrana vitrea GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Schematic diagram of the human eye. (Vitreous membrane not labeled but it surrounds the vitreous, shown in dark blue.) Caption2 = The upper half of a… … Wikipedia