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membrane

[mem-breyn] / ˈmɛm breɪn /
NOUN
covering layer
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Eventually they want to advance to carbon dioxide captured from the smoke plume at nearby Dry Fork Station, using a technique developed by California-based Membrane Technology and Research, Inc.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2022

Membrane folds called microvilli increase the surface area.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The film also centers on Zim’s hapless attempts at planetary conquest, but his longtime nemesis Professor Membrane is determined to thwart his plans once again — if Zim doesn’t manage to do that himself first.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2019

Only classmate Dib Membrane recognizes Zim for the alien he is, and fails repeatedly to convince anyone else of the threat that Zim theoretically poses.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2019

Afterwards appears a Membrane nam'd Periton�um, which contains all the Bowels, and covers the whole lower Belly, being strongly fasten'd to the first and third Vertebra's of the Back.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel




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