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membraneless

membraneless adjective: without a membrane.

Adjective

membraneless (not comparable)

  1. Without a membrane.
    • Liquid-liquid phase separation of charge/aromatic-enriched intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) is critical in the biological function of membraneless organelles.2016, Yi-Hsuan Lin, Julie D. Forman-Kay, Hue Sun Chan, “Sequence-specific polyampholyte phase separation in membraneless organelles”, in arXiv

Origin of membraneless

From membrane + -less.

Questions about membraneless

What does membraneless mean?
Membraneless means without a membrane.
What part of speech is membraneless?
Membraneless is an adjective.

Words near membraneless in the dictionary

  1. membrane-bone
  2. membrane-bones
  3. membranectomies
  4. membranectomy
  5. membraned
  6. membraneless
  7. membranelike
  8. membranella
  9. membranellae
  10. membranellar
  11. membranelle

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