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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
Bruch's membrane — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = lamina basalis choroideae GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Caption2 = MapPos = MapCaption = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = Bruch+membrane MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = l 02… … Wikipedia
Ceramic membrane — Ceramic membranes are a type of artificial membranes made from inorganic metarials (such as alumina, titania, zirconia oxides or some glassy materials). They are used in membrane operations. By contrast with polymeric membranes they can used in… … Wikipedia
hyaline membrane — 1. the membrane between the outer root sheath and the inner fibrous layer of a hair follicle. Called also glassy m. 2. a layer of eosinophilic hyaline material lining the alveoli, alveolar ducts, and bronchioles, found at autopsy in infants who… … Medical dictionary
hyaline membrane disease — noun an acute lung disease of the newborn (especially the premature newborn); lungs cannot expand because of a wetting agent is lacking; characterized by rapid shallow breathing and cyanosis and the formation of a glassy hyaline membrane over the … Useful english dictionary
respiratorydistress syndrome — respiratory distress syndrome n. Abbr. RDS A respiratory disease of newborn babies, especially premature babies, characterized by distressful breathing, cyanosis, and the formation of a glassy membrane over the alveoli of the lungs. Also called… … Universalium
Fairyfly — Fairyflies Temporal range: Early Cretaceous to present … Wikipedia
analysis — /euh nal euh sis/, n., pl. analyses / seez /. 1. the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis). 2. this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its… … Universalium
matrix — 1. [NA] The formative portion of a tooth or a nail. 2. The intercellular substance of a tissue. 3. A surrounding substance within which something is contained or embedded, e.g., the fatty tissue in which blood vessel s or … Medical dictionary
plastic — plastically, plasticly, adv. /plas tik/, n. 1. Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives,… … Universalium
