Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biomembrane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: biomem-brane
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any biological membrane, but especially that of a cell

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English membrane English biomembrane From bio- + membrane.

Inflected Forms

biomembranes (plural)

Rhymes With

membrane transmembrane geomembrane intermembrane supramembrane endomembrane intramembrane pseudomembrane cytomembrane neuromembrane micromembrane neomembrane

Questions

What does biomembrane mean?: Any biological membrane, but especially that of a cell
Where does biomembrane come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English membrane English biomembrane From bio- + membrane.

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