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membranous

/mem-bruh-nuhs/US // ˈmɛm brə nəs //UK // (ˈmɛmbrənəs, mɛmˈbreɪnəs) //

膜质的,膜质,膜状的,膜性的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
    • : characterized by the formation of a membrane.

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Examples

  • I took in the situation almost at a glance—membranous croup!

  • I have never examined the throat of a child dead from so-called membranous croup in which I did not find the diphtheria bacillus.

  • Inflammatory, obstructive, and membranous dysmenorrhoea are commonly made worse by marriage.

  • The ears were without hair, thin and membranous like the wings of a bat, and very open.

  • When conditions unfavorable for life come, the amœba, like some one-celled plants, encysts itself within a membranous wall.