The Collaborative International Dictionary
Membrane \Mem"brane\, n. [F., fr. L. membrana the skin that covers the separate members of the body, fr. L. membrum. See Member.] (Anat.) A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids.
Note: The term is also often applied to the thin, expanded parts, of various texture, both in animals and vegetables.
Adventitious membrane, a membrane connecting parts not usually connected, or of a different texture from the ordinary connection; as, the membrane of a cicatrix.
Jacob's membrane. See under Retina.
Mucous membranes (Anat.), the membranes lining passages and cavities which communicate with the exterior, as well as ducts and receptacles of secretion, and habitually secreting mucus.
Schneiderian membrane. (Anat.) See Schneiderian.
Serous membranes (Anat.), the membranes, like the peritoneum and pleura, which line, or lie in, cavities having no obvious outlet, and secrete a serous fluid.
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n. (mucous membrane English)
Usage examples of "mucous membranes".
They could sense the charismata only through the mucous membranes of their noses and mouths.
It is a stimulant to mucous membranes, and in chronic bronchitis is used as an expectorant.
We have sterilized your skin and mucous membranes of the respiratory tract as best we can.
Being rather irritant to mucous membranes, it may cause nausea and catharsis, so that some cannot tolerate it.
There was high fever along with low blood pressure, and the typical skin rash with signs of hemorrhage from mucous membranes.
The stricken animals are blinded and choked by the discharge from the mucous membranes.
The liquid came out in a vigorous spray straight onto the mucous membranes and from there passed immediately into the bloodstream.
Through mucous membranes--it could have been inhaled as a dust--injected as a solution, or introduced as a contaminant into a scratch.
Through mucous membranes -- it could have been inhaled as a dust -- injected as a solution, or introduced as a contaminant into a scratch.