phospholipid bilayer

noun

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.
Also called lipid bilayer.

Words nearby phospholipid bilayer

phosphoenolpyruvic acid, phosphoglyceride, phosphohexose isomerase deficiency, phospholipase, phospholipid, phospholipid bilayer, phosphomutase, phosphonecrosis, phosphonic acid, phosphonium, phosphonium iodide