MEMBRANE
\mˈɛmbɹe͡ɪn], \mˈɛmbɹeɪn], \m_ˈɛ_m_b_ɹ_eɪ_n]\
Definitions of MEMBRANE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Thin layers of tissue which cover parts of the body, separate adjacent cavities, or connect adjacent structures.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Membranous.
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A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. (For the anatomical terms not found here, see under membrana.).
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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The thin tissue which covers the members or parts of the body: the film containing the seeds of a plant.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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A name given to different thin organs, representing a species of supple, more or less elastic, webs; varying in their structure and vital properties, and intended, in general, to absorb or secrete certain fluids; and to separate, envelop, and form other organs. Bichat has divided the membranes into simple and compound. Simple membranes comprise three orders.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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