Membrane bioreactor — (MBR) is the combination of a membrane process like microfiltration or ultrafiltration with a suspended growth bioreactor, and is now widely used for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment with plant sizes up to 80,000 population… … Wikipedia
Wall-roosting Mouse-eared Bat — Myotis muricola from Kuningan, West Java Conservation status … Wikipedia
Membrane nanotube — Not to be confused with nanotube membrane. Membrane nanotubes, membrane nanotubules or cytonemes are long and thin tubes formed from the plasma membrane that connect different animal cells over long distances.[1] Two types of nanotubes have been… … Wikipedia
wall — An investing part enclosing a cavity such as the chest or abdomen, or covering a cell or any anatomic unit. A w., as of the chest, abdomen, or any hollow organ. SYN … Medical dictionary
wall — n. & v. n. 1 a a continuous and usu. vertical structure of usu. brick or stone, having little width in proportion to its length and height and esp. enclosing, protecting, or dividing a space or supporting a roof. b the surface of a wall, esp.… … Useful english dictionary
membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m … Medical dictionary
membrane — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ thin ▪ permeable, semi permeable ▪ cell ▪ cellular ▪ mucous … Collocations dictionary
wall — n 1. partition, separator, divider, room divider, screen, division; brattice, Civil Eng. bulkhead; fence, paling, stone wall; embankment, dike, levee, sea wall; dividing wall, Biol. septum, membrane. 2.Usu. walls fortification, protection,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
membrane switch — /ˈmɛmbreɪn swɪtʃ/ (say membrayn swich) noun a switch mounted on a wall or on a phone, in a security system, etc., which has a membrane which activates the switch electronically when touched. Also, membrane touch switch …
Membrane attack complex — An abnormal activation of the complement (protein) portion of the blood, forming a cascade reaction that brings blood proteins together, binds them to the cell wall, and then inserts them through the cell membrane. MAC formation allows water,… … Medical dictionary