membraniform
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to a membrane; resembling a membrane.
Example Sentences
- ""We provoke cough," says Schwilgué, "to favour the expulsion of foreign bodies introduced from without into the aërian tube, and especially of liquids; we have recourse to it to favour the expectoration of mucus, of membraniform concretions, and of pus, which have accumulated in the aërian passages, whenever the local irritation is sufficiently great.""
Etymology
From membrane + -iform.