Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cell_membrane

1 sense of cell membrane

Sense 1
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; "all cells have a cell membrane")
       => semipermeable membrane -- (a membrane (as a cell membrane) that allows some molecules to pass through but not others)