pseudomembranous
pseudomembranous adjective: characterized by the presence of a pseudomembrane.
Adjective
pseudomembranous (not comparable)
- Characterized by the presence of a pseudomembrane.
Origin of pseudomembranous
From pseudomembrane + -ous or pseudo- + membranous.
Words formed from pseudomembranous
- pseudomembranous colitis
Words that rhyme with pseudomembranous
- membranous
- endomembranous
- extramembranous
- intermembranous
- intramembranous
- juxtamembranous
- multimembranous
- paramembranous
- perimembranous
- polymembranous
- semimembranous
- submembranous
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Questions about pseudomembranous
- What does pseudomembranous mean?
- Pseudomembranous means characterized by the presence of a pseudomembrane.
- What part of speech is pseudomembranous?
- Pseudomembranous is an adjective.
Words near pseudomembranous in the dictionary
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