membrana

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membrana

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From Latin membrāna (“membrane, parchment”). Doublet of membrane.

noun membranae · membranæ

countable, uncountable A membrane. It sometimes happens likewise that they appear at the same time, when the membranæ are bordered by knotty excrescences and the lungs with tubercles.
countable, uncountable A thin, animal-derived, flexible planar material, such as parchment. Parchment was used for the MSS. of the Pentateuch in the time of Josephus, and the membranae of 2 Tim. iv. 13, were skins of parchment.

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@misc{membrana_2026,
  title = {membrana},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/membrana},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}