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What is a pseudomembrane?

What is a pseudomembrane? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) A layer which resembles a membrane, especially one forming over a mucosal surface. [from 19th c.]
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Lesions, in jejunum and ileum, are focal-to-confluent, often with a tightly adhered pseudomembrane, and hemorrhage is uncommon.
Degranulated hemocytes at the surface of the wound formed a pseudomembrane over the exposed connective tissues.
In the second week, this patch developed into a pseudomembrane covering the ulcer.
In severe exposure, necrosis of the respiratory epithelium leads to formation of a pseudomembrane, bronchial plugging, and bronchopneumonia.
From the Greek diphthera, diphtheria is named for the tough pseudomembrane that forms in the patient's throat.
The ulcer had dense infiltrates with a pseudomembrane.

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