Medical Definition of Plasmolemma
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| The structure enveloping a cell, enclosing the cytoplasm and forming a selective permeability barrier.
It consists of lipids, proteins and some carbohydrates, the lipids thought to form a bilayer in which integral proteins are embedded to varying degrees.
Synonym: plasma membrane.
(26 Mar 1998)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Plasmolemma
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