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SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A membrane (as a cell membrane) that allows some molecules to pass through but not others
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("semipermeable membrane" is a kind of...):
membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "semipermeable membrane"):
cell membrane; cytomembrane; plasma membrane (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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