outer membrane
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outer membrane
- (in eukaryotes) the more external of the two membranes that surround a chloroplast, a mitochondrion, or a nucleus.
- (in prokaryotes) the layer of lipopolysaccharide, lipoprotein, and protein that lies external to the peptidoglycan in the cell wall of a Gram-negative bacterium.
| ounce, ouabain, otogelin | |
| outlier, ov+, ova |
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