membral

English

Etymology

From Latin membrum +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛmbɹəl/

Adjective

membral (not comparable)

1. (now rare) Relating to a member, in various senses; especially, (anatomy, zoology) pertaining to a limb.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, John Florio, transl., Essays, III.12:

     This man speakes of an unnaturall ill-favourdnesse and membrall deformity, but we call ill-favourdnesse a kinde of unseemelinesse at the first sight, which chiefely lodgeth in the face, and by the colour worketh a dislike in us.