Definition of Membranously

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Membranously

membranous laryngitis
membranous layer
membranous lipodystrophy
membranous neurocranium
membranous ossification
membranous part of interventricular septum
membranous part of male urethra
membranous part of nasal septum
membranous pharyngitis
membranous septum
membranous urethra
membranous wall of middle ear
membranous wall of trachea
membranously (current term)
membre
membres
membrification
membrum
membrum inferius
membrum superius
memcapacitance
memcapacitances
memcapacitive
memcapacitor
memcapacitors
meme

Literary usage of Membranously

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

1. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Bulb membranously coated or the outer coats somewhat fibrous : stem and branches ... Stem stout, scarcely leafy, from a fibrous or membranously coated bulb, ..."

2. The Microscope and Microscopical Technology: A Textbook for Physicians and by Heinrich Frey (1880)
"These passages of the spleen pulp (c) are, however, with a membranously thickened ... As the walls of the fine veins do appear to be membranously thickened, ..."

3. Eucalyptus by Abbot Kinney (1895)
"four bundles; fruit truncate-ovate, border compressed, valves enclosed; seeds membranously margined. 13. E. tetragona, FM Dwarf; leaves thick, opposite, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1883)
"... and passing thence downward to the tibia, where it is inserted membranously on the anterior surface, for nearly one-half the length of the shaft. ..."

5. The Philippine Journal of Science by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1906)
"... the flowers crowded at the ends о Г the panicle branches, 4-merous flowers and prominently membranously 6-winged fruits, apparently dehiscent. ..."

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