Cytomembrane

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A membrane found in cytoplasm. countable, uncountable

    "The authors speculate that viral infection may modify the lipid metabolism of the host or some of the substances could be released in the blood stream of the larvae through rupture of cytomembrane."

  2. 2
    a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like sodium or potassium or calcium) in and out of the cell wordnet

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cell membranecell wallplasma membrane

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"The authors speculate that viral infection may modify the lipid metabolism of the host or some of the substances could be released in the blood stream of the larvae through rupture of cytomembrane."

Etymology

From cyto- + membrane.

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