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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See cell membrane.
Wiktionary
- n. cytology The semipermeable membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell.
WordNet 3.0
- n. 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
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“Terenius, Stereospecific interaction between narcotic analgesics and a synaptic plasma membrane fraction of rat cerebral cortex, Acta Pharmacologica et Toxicologica 32 1973: 317-20.”
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