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plasma membrane

n :  a semipermeable limiting layer of cell protoplasm consisting of three molecular layers of which the inner and outer are composed of protein while the middle layer is composed of a double layer of fat molecules - called also cell membrane , plasmalemma  .
 
 

 
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