Definition of membrane

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Membrane (n.) A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids..

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Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.
Fenestra :: Fenestra (n.) A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear..
Thoroughpin :: Thoroughpin (n.) A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through..
Arachnoid :: Arachnoid (a.) Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater..
Webbed :: Webbed (a.) Having the toes united by a membrane, or web; as, the webbed feet of aquatic fowls..
Subserved :: Subserous (a.) Situated under a serous membrane.
Webfoot :: Webfoot (n.) A foot the toes of which are connected by a membrane.
Subzigomatic :: Subzonal (a.) Situated under a zone, or zona; -- applied to a membrane between the zona radiata and the umbilical vesicle in the mammal embryo..
Leucorrhoea :: Leucorrhoea (n.) A discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish, viscid mucus, resulting from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining the genital organs of the female; the whites..
Blastoderm :: Blastoderm (n.) The germinal membrane in an ovum, from which the embryo is developed..
Aliped :: Aliped (n.) An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat..
Vaginitis :: Vaginitis (n.) Inflammation of the vagina, or the genital canal, usually of its mucous living membrane..
Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds..
Perichondrium :: Perichondrium (n.) The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests cartilage, except where covering articular surfaces..
Keratogenous :: Keratogenous (a.) Producing horn; as, the keratogenous membrane within the horny hoof of the horse..
Synovial :: Synovia (n.) A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid..
Tympanic :: Tympanic (a.) Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane..
Pinnatiped :: Pinnatiped (a.) Having the toes bordered by membranes; fin-footed, as certain birds..
Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures..
Phyllorhine :: Phyllorhine (a.) Of or pertaining to Phyllorhina and other related genera of bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils.
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