membraniform
[ mĕm-brā′nə-fôrm′ ]
adj.
Having the appearance or structure of a membrane.
Nearby words
- membrane bone,
- membrane expansion theory,
- membrane potential,
- membrane transport,
- membrane-coating granule,
- membranocartilaginous,
- membranoid,
- membranophone,
- membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis,
- membranous
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Examples from the Web for membraniform
Altered mucus in the form of membraniform shreds or cylinders occasionally pass in the so-called membranous enteritis.
The deposit in follicular or lacunar tonsillitis or angina is pulpy and not membraniform.