basement membrane
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basement membrane
n. A thin noncellular layer located between epithelial cells and the connective tissue that underlies them, composed of collagen and other proteins and having a variety of functions including support and filtration.
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base′ment mem`brane
n. a thin, extracellular membrane underlying epithelial tissue.
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We regard the above-mentioned "basophilic stippling" of villous
basement lamina a nonspecific finding which is usually positive for iron; hence we call it ferrugination [19].
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