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false membrane


n.

A thick, tough, fibrinous exudate formed on the surface of a mucous membrane or the skin.croupous membrane neomembrane plica pseudomembrane

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filagree, filament, filamentary, filamentous, filar, false membrane, filarial, filariasis, filaricide, filariform, filariid
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