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n. [Gr. endon, within; L. membrana, skin]Membrane inside a cell; endoplasmic reticulum, golgi bodies, vesicles and other structures.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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