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Definition of Membranous

1. Adjective. Relating to or made of or similar to a membrane. "Membranous lining"

2. Adjective. Characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane). "Membranous gastritis"

Definition of Membranous

1. a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining.

Definition of Membranous

1. Adjective. Having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a membrane ¹

2. Adjective. Accompanying the formation of a membrane ¹

3. Adjective. Thin, pliable, and often transparent ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Membranous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Membranous

1. Having a thin, soft, pliable texture. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Membranous

membranelike membranelle membraneous membranes membraniferous membraniform membranocartilaginous membranoid membranology membranolytic

membranophone membranophones membranophonic membranoproliferative membranous (current term) membranous ampulla membranous cataract membranous cochlea membranous conjunctivitis membranous labyrinth

membranous lamina of cartilaginous auditory tube membranous laryngitis membranous layer membranous lipodystrophy membranous neurocranium

Literary usage of Membranous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The membranous labyrinth is contained within the bony cavities just described, ... The membranous sac contains fluid, the endolymph. and on it the ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1893)
"I shall show later, that even this large figure of 36553 deaths from diphtheria and croup probably does not represent all the fatal cases of membranous ..."

3. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, William Sharpey, Allen Thomson, John G. Cleland (1867)
"The liquid contained within the membranous labyrinth is distinguished as ... The membranous vestibule consists of two closely connected sacs, and the parts ..."

4. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Male flower of a single stamen and a membranous tubular 4-lobed perianth within a small ... Fruit a very thin membranous utricle, tilled by the single erect ..."

5. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt (1907)
"The issue of every case of membranous laryngitis is doubtful. The prognosis is worse in infants and very young children than in those over three years of ..."

6. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen (1885)
"Opening the Windpipe in membranous Laryngitis,—By membranous laryngitis is meant any form of inflammation of the larynx, accompanied by a coagulable ..."

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