Lipid-bilayer
noun
1.
Cell Biology. .
noun
1.
a two-layered arrangement of phosphate and lipid molecules that form a cell membrane, the hydrophobic lipid ends facing inward and the hydrophilic phosphate ends facing outward.
noun
the basic structure of a cell membrane consisting of a double layer of phospholipid molecules
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