Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Membraniform

Mem-bra′ni-form

,
Adj.
[
Membrane
+
-form
: cf. F.
membraniforme
.]
Having the form of a membrane or of parchment.

Definition 2024


membraniform

membraniform

English

Adjective

membraniform (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a membrane; resembling a membrane.
    • 1842, Jonathan Pereira, The Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics:
      "We provoke cough," says Schwilgué, "to favour the expulsion of foreign bodies introduced from without into the aërian tube, and especially of liquids; we have recourse to it to favour the expectoration of mucus, of membraniform concretions, and of pus, which have accumulated in the aërian passages, whenever the local irritation is sufficiently great."