Meanings
- not comparableOf or pertaining to a membrane; resembling a membrane.
1 more example
"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."
1842, Jonathan Pereira, The Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics
Origin
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membraniform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/membraniform
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