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What is the adjective for membranes?

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membranous
  1. Having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a membrane.
  2. Accompanying the formation of a membrane.
  3. Thin, pliable, and often transparent.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Tonics like ginseng, the root of membranous milk vetch, dangsheng and baishu are used.”
      “A 25-year-old white female had an eight-year history of SLE with associated membranous nephritis, and hypertension.”
      “One evident reason for the absence of any form of bounding flight in bats is the difficulty of folding their membranous wings to save wing drag.”
membranoproliferative
  1. Causing proliferation or thickening of a membrane.
membranotropic
  1. (biochemistry) That moves towards, or is active at biological membranes
membraniform
  1. Of or pertaining to a membrane; resembling a membrane.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The deposit in follicular or lacunar tonsillitis or angina is pulpy and not membraniform.”
      “Altered mucus in the form of membraniform shreds or cylinders occasionally pass in the so-called membranous enteritis.”
membranocartilaginous
  1. Composed of, or relating to, membrane and cartilage.
membranaceous
  1. Resembling or having properties of a membrane.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The snake's scales were membranaceous, allowing for easy movement and flexibility.”
membranophonic
  1. Of or pertaining to membranophones.
membranelike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a membrane.
membraned
  1. Having a (specified type of) membrane.
membranate
  1. Having the character of a membrane.
membranolytic
  1. (biology) That disrupts a biological membrane
membraneous
  1. Alternative form of membranous
  2. Examples:
    1. “Each flower, surrounded by a thin membraneous sheath, topped a short pedicel that elongated during the last stages of flower development up to anthesis.”
      “The picture shows the brown remains of a membraneous sheath at the base of the leaf.”
      “At birth, however, the interatrial foramen is closed by a membraneous flap, and oxygen-depleted blood from the body enters the right atrium, is channelled into the right ventricle, and thence to the lungs for oxygenating.”
membranal
  1. Of or pertaining to a membrane
membranized
  1. That have developed a membrane
membraniferous
  1. Having or producing membranes.
membranoid
  1. Resembling a membrane.
membraneless
  1. Without a membrane.
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