Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: plasma membrane  'plaz-mu'mem,breyn
  1. A thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like sodium, potassium or calcium) in and out of the cell
    "all cells have a plasma membrane";
    - cell membrane, cytomembrane

Derived forms: plasma membranes

Type of: semipermeable membrane

Part of: cell

Encyclopedia: Plasma membrane

Nearest

plantocracy
plantsman
planula
plaque
Plaquenil
plash
plashy
plasm
plasma
plasma cell
plasma membrane
plasma physics
plasma protein
plasma thromboplastin antecedent
plasmablast
plasmacyte
plasmacytoma
plasmapheresis
plasmid
plasmid DNA
plasmin