membranous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: mem=bra=nous

CIDE DICTIONARY

membranous, a. [Cf. F. membraneux.].

•  Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining.  [1913 Webster]
•  Membranaceous.  [1913 Webster]

Membranous croup (Med.), true croup. See Croup.

THESAURUS

membranous

filmy, foliaceous, foliated, in layers, lamellar, lamellate, lamellated, lamelliform, laminate, laminated, laminous, leaflike, leafy, scummy, spathic, spathose, stratified, stratiform, three-ply, two-ply

ROGET THESAURUS

membranous

Layer

N layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment, table, tablet, dess, flagstone, board, plank, trencher, platter, plate, lamina, lamella, sheet, foil, wafer, scale, flake, peel, coat, pellicle, membrane, film, leaf, slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument, eschar, stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion, monolayer, bilayer, trilayer, lamellar, lamellated, lamelliform, layered, laminated, laminiferous, micaceous, schistose, schistous, scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous, foliated, foliaceous, stratified, stratiform, tabular, discoid, spathic, spathose, trilamellar, graphitic.