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membrana

A membrane

Pronunciation: say membrana

Meaning

A thin, flexible sheet of tissue or material that covers or lines an organ or part of an organism.

Example

It sometimes happens likewise that they appear at the same time, when the membranes are bordered by knotty excrescences and the lungs with tubercles.

It sometimes happens likewise that they appear at the same time, when the membranes are bordered by knotty excrescences and the lungs with tubercles.

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