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Membranous   /mˈɛmbrənəs/   Listen
Membranous

adjective
1.
Relating to or made of or similar to a membrane.
2.
Characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane).  Synonym: membrane-forming.



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"Membranous" Quotes from Famous Books



... of cartilage, very imperfectly hardened by earthy deposits; a bony stage, seen in most of the higher animals. He shewed that in actual development of the higher animals these historical grades are repeated, the skull being at first a mere membranous or fibrous investment of the developing nervous masses, then becoming cartilaginous, and, lastly, bony. He made some important prophetic remarks as to the probable importance that future embryological work would give to the distinction between cartilage and membrane bones—a prophecy that has been ...
— Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work • P. Chalmers Mitchell



Words linked to "Membranous" :   membrane-forming, membranous labyrinth, membrane, unhealthy



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