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hemimembrane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hemimem-brane
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any biological membrane whose structure is that of half of a normally bilayered one

Etymology

From hemi- + membrane.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

hemimembranes (plural)

Rhymes With

juxtamembrane nanomembrane extramembrane submembrane multimembrane mycomembrane premembrane monomembrane exomembrane perimembrane

Questions

What does hemimembrane mean?
Any biological membrane whose structure is that of half of a normally bilayered one
Where does hemimembrane come from?
From hemi- + membrane.

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