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membrane (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: membrana 'skin', from membrum; MEMBER]
a very thin piece of skin that covers or connects parts of your body
::Loud noise can damage the delicate membrane in the ear.
a very thin layer of material that covers something
-- membranous /5membrEnEs/ adj