Meanings
adjectivetransmembrane (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyTraversing a cellular membrane.
- not comparableOf or pertaining to a transmembrane protein or segment.
nountransmembrane (plural transmembranes)
plural transmembranes
- biologya transmembrane protein, or the transmembrane portion of a protein
Origin
Translations
French transmembranaire
- transmembranaireTraversing a cellular membrane
Hindi पराझिल्ली
- पराझिल्ली (parājhillī)Traversing a cellular membrane
Italian transmembrana
- transmembranaTraversing a cellular membrane
Portuguese transmembranar
- transmembranarTraversing a cellular membrane
Spanish transmembranal
- transmembranalTraversing a cellular membrane
Swedish transmembran
- transmembranTraversing a cellular membrane
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with transmembrane
membranegeomembraneintermembranebiomembranecytomembraneendomembraneexomembraneextramembranehemimembraneintramembranejuxtamembranemicromembranemonomembranemultimembranemycomembranenanomembraneneomembraneneuromembraneperimembranepremembranepseudomembranesubmembranesupramembrane
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
transmembrane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmembrane
MLA
“transmembrane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmembrane. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transmembrane,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmembrane.
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