membranous

English

Alternative forms

• membraneous

Etymology

From Middle French membraneux; equivalent to membrane +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛm.bɹən.əs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛmbɹənəs

Adjective

membranous (comparative more membranous, superlative most membranous)

1. (anatomy, zoology) Having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a membrane.
2. (medicine) Accompanying the formation of a usually abnormal membrane or membranous layer.
3. Thin, pliable, and often transparent.
   • 2016 January 14, Jessica Hall, “Nanoengineers build 'microcannons' that fire light-up bullets filled with drugs”, in ExtremeTech‎^[1]:

     The microcannon starts with a membranous polymer film.

Derived terms

• acute membranous gingivitis
• cartilagino-membranous
• endomembranous
• extramembranous
• intermembranous
• intramembranous
• juxtamembranous
• membrano-, membran-
• membranously
• multimembranous
• musculomembranous
• nonmembranous
• paramembranous
• perimembranous
• polymembranous
• semimembranous
• submembranous
• transmembranous

Related terms

• nanomembranous
• pseudomembranous

Translations

pertaining to a membrane

• Asturian: membranosu
• Catalan: membranós (ca)
• French: membraneux (fr)
• Galician: membranoso
• Hungarian: membranózus (hu)
• Irish: scannánach, sreabhnach
• Italian: membranoso (it)
• Occitan: membranós (oc)
• Polish: błoniasty, błonkowaty
• Portuguese: membranoso (pt)
• Russian: мембранный (ru) (membrannyj)
• Spanish: membranoso (es)

References

• “membranous”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “membranous”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.