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basement membrane

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
base-men-t mem-brane
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thin sheet of fibrous cells that underlies the epithelium.

Inflected Forms

basement membranes (plural)

Questions

What does basement membrane mean?
A thin sheet of fibrous cells that underlies the epithelium.

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