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nuclear membrane

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A double lipid bilayer that surrounds the nucleus in eukaryotic cells; it contains the genetic material (DNA).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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Synonyms: nuclear envelope

Antonyms: none provided

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13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: я́дрена обви́вка (jádrena obvívka) — double lipid bilayer surrounding genetic material in eukaryotic cells
  • Chinese Mandarin: 核膜 (hémó) — double lipid bilayer surrounding genetic material in eukaryotic cells
  • Chinese Mandarin: 核被膜 (hébèimó) — double lipid bilayer surrounding genetic material in eukaryotic cells
  • Danish: kernemembran — double lipid bilayer surrounding genetic material in eukaryotic cells
  • Finnish: tumakotelo — double lipid bilayer surrounding genetic material in eukaryotic cells
  • German: Kernmembran — double lipid bilayer surrounding genetic material in eukaryotic cells
  • German: Kernhülle — double lipid bilayer surrounding genetic material in eukaryotic cells
  • Japanese: 核膜 (kakumaku) — double lipid bilayer surrounding genetic material in eukaryotic cells
  • Korean: 핵막 (haengmak) — double lipid bilayer surrounding genetic material in eukaryotic cells
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjernemembran — double lipid bilayer surrounding genetic material in eukaryotic cells
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjernemembran — double lipid bilayer surrounding genetic material in eukaryotic cells
  • Swedish: kärnmembran — double lipid bilayer surrounding genetic material in eukaryotic cells
  • Tagalog: lamad ng butod — double lipid bilayer surrounding genetic material in eukaryotic cells