n 1  :  a thin soft pliable sheet or layer esp. of animal or plant origin  2  :  a limiting protoplasmic surface or interface - see NUCLEAR MEMBRANE PLASMA MEMBRANE  mem*braned adj 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  mem·bra·na 
 
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