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Membranous vs Fusome - What's the difference?

membranous | fusome |

As adjectives the difference between membranous and fusome

is that membranous is having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a membrane while fusome is handy.

As a noun fusome is

a germ cell-specific organelle assembled from membrane skeletal proteins and membranous vesicles.

membranous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a membrane.
  • Accompanying the formation of a membrane.
  • Thin, pliable, and often transparent.

    • fusome

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) handy
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) neat; handsome
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) notable
    • (Halliwell)

    Etymology 2

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) A germ cell-specific organelle assembled from membrane skeletal proteins and membranous vesicles