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nephrophane

nephrophane noun: a form of cellulose used to construct dialysis membranes.

Noun

nephrophane (uncountable)

  1. A form of cellulose used to construct dialysis membranes
    • The modified theory is shown to give better prediction for glucose flux across a nephrophane membrane.2016 January 1, “The Balance of Fluid and Osmotic Pressures across Active Biological Membranes with Application to the Corneal Endothelium”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of nephrophane

By surface analysis, nephro- + -phane.

Questions about nephrophane

What does nephrophane mean?
Nephrophane means a form of cellulose used to construct dialysis membranes.
What part of speech is nephrophane?
Nephrophane is a noun.

Words near nephrophane in the dictionary

  1. nephropathologist
  2. nephropathologists
  3. nephropathology
  4. nephropathy
  5. nephropexy
  6. nephrophane
  7. nephropid
  8. nephropids
  9. nephroplegia
  10. nephropore
  11. nephropores

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