basement membrane

noun

A thin sheet of fibrous cells that underlies the epithelium.

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Meanings

nounbasement membrane (plural basement membranes)

plural basement membranes

  1. anatomyA thin sheet of fibrous cells that underlies the epithelium.
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APA

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