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membrana

membrana noun: a membrane.

Noun

membrana (countable and uncountable, plural membranae or (archaic) membranæ)

  1. A membrane.
    • It sometimes happens likewise that they appear at the same time, when the membranæ are bordered by knotty excrescences and the lungs with tubercles.1866, John Gamgee, The Cattle Plague; With Official Reports of the International Veterinary Congresses, Held in Hamburg, 1863, and in Vienna, 1865, London: Robert Hardwicke, page 781
    • By it he also explains the appearances which have induced Henle to imagine that it was furnished with innumerable glandular follicles, inasmuch as in vertical sections of the membranæ the appearance afforded by the deeper furrows is precisely that of mucous follicles.1868, Edwin Lankester, George Busk, editors, Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, volume VIII, London: John Churchill and Sons, page 40
  2. A thin, animal-derived, flexible planar material, such as parchment.
    • Parchment was used for the MSS. of the Pentateuch in the time of Josephus, and the membranae of 2 Tim. iv. 13, were skins of parchment.1913, Charles Higgins, editor, Key to the Bible: Being an Encyclopedia, Concordance and Dictionary of Persons, Places and Things Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures, page 441, column 2
    • The parchment being much dearer than papyrus, the membranae consisted only of a few leaves.1950, Hermathena: A Series of Papers on Literature, Science, and Philosophy, page 32

Examples of membrana in a sentence

  • By this means the adhesion was divided, that portion of the membrana which was adherent being cut away and either removed or left adherent to the inner tympanic wall.1893, Albert H. Buck, editor, Supplement to the Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences, volume IX, New York: William Wood & Company...
  • This ability, however, gradually disappeared before the membrana closed.1894, S. Weir Mitchell, “Concerning the History of the Discovery of Reflex Ocular Neuroses, and the Extent to Which These Reflexes Obtain”...
  • During filtration the cells on the membrana were washed with a 37° C hot M-medium.1977, Genetica, pages 25, 26, 40:
  • In the opening poem, he recommends the edition in membrana, which is the popular and less costly one.1956, Vigiliae Christianae, pages 1–2:

Forms of membrana

pluralmembranae
plural (archaic)membranæ

Origin of membrana

From Latin membrāna (“membrane, parchment”). Doublet of membrane.

Questions about membrana

What does membrana mean?
Membrana means a membrane.
How do you use membrana in a sentence?
By this means the adhesion was divided, that portion of the membrana which was adherent being cut away and either removed or left adherent to the inner tympanic wall.
What part of speech is membrana?
Membrana is a noun.
What is the plural of membrana?
The plural of membrana is membranae.

Words near membrana in the dictionary

  1. memberwise
  2. membracid
  3. membracids
  4. membrain
  5. membral
  6. membrana
  7. membrana tympani
  8. membrana tympanica
  9. membranaceous
  10. membranaceously
  11. membranae

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