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membranes

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for membranes.

Editorial note

Deuterium-containing fatty acids supplant hydrogen-containing in cell membranes despite heavy fat intake being 1-2% of toatl energy intake.

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Quick take

(medicine, informal, specifically) The amniotic sac.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

(medicine, informal, specifically) The amniotic sac.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for membranes.

noun

(medicine, informal, specifically) The amniotic sac.

Example sentences

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Deuterium-containing fatty acids supplant hydrogen-containing in cell membranes despite heavy fat intake being 1-2% of toatl energy intake.

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My current belief is towards parallel universes which are in membranes and out 'Big Bang' occurred when two of these membranes collided creating our universe inside of our expansive membrane.

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It's all in the shapes of the cells, their size, and the amount of fat in their membranes.

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Eventually this optimization might take advantage of self-organizing membranes to compress the metabolism into individual units, i.e.

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The tissue membranes accumulate an increasing share of polyunsaturated lipids, which in turn interfere with efficient metabolism.

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PM0.1 will happily lodge deeply into your lungs, pass through cell membranes, and lodge into your organs and brain.

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One eye-opener: reverse osmosis membranes break down with disuse so they were sold to Saudi Arabia.

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Cellular and organellar membranes all over the human body (and any other organism on this planet) are built from fat [1].

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High SOC equates to high chemical potential, which will break down membranes faster.

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Here's a simplified version: energy generation in the mitochondria is based on the energy differential between the intermembrane space and the inner mitochondrial membrane (I may have confused those membranes).

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You study membranes, and you've never read anything about glass.

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These membranes conduct neural signals, release and respond to hormones, participate in immune response and facilitate all types of metabolism by enabling cell and organellum compartmentalization.

Quote examples

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*"As eggs age, both the yolk and the tight white membranes will get thinner and more fragile.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use membranes in a sentence?

Deuterium-containing fatty acids supplant hydrogen-containing in cell membranes despite heavy fat intake being 1-2% of toatl energy intake.

What does membranes mean?

(medicine, informal, specifically) The amniotic sac.

What part of speech is membranes?

membranes is commonly used as noun.