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membranae

membranae is the plural of membrana.

Meaning of membrana

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
  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

Origin of membranae

From Latin membrānae, plural of membrāna.

Questions about membranae

What is membranae the plural of?
Membranae is the plural of membrana.

Words near membranae in the dictionary

  1. membrana
  2. membrana tympani
  3. membrana tympanica
  4. membranaceous
  5. membranaceously
  6. membranae
  7. membranal
  8. membranate
  9. membrance
  10. membrances
  11. membrane

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