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Keywords: pliable, filmy, papery, transparent, translucent

thin, like a membrane

thin, filmy, and semitransparent.

used in reference to wings, usually the transparent flying wings

filmy, often transparent

of the nature of a membrane, thin, pliable, soft

Of thin, papery consistency.

transparent, usually referring to the flying wings of insects.

a. (L. membrana, mem- brane) having a thin, soft, pliable texture.

Thin and transparent.

Like a membrane?, i.e. thin, soft, flexible, and more or less translucent. Leaves thinner than papery. Parent Term: Texture Difficulty Level

Thin, soft, and pliable.

Relating to or similar to a membrane, especially in being thin, pliable, and often translucent.

thin and flexible, usually not green.

Thin dry and flexible, not green

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Keywords: pseudomembranous, nephropathy, gastritis, gingivitis, colitis

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining.

characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane); "membranous gastritis"

Pertaining to a membrane. As in acute membranous gingivitis, membranous nephropathy, and pseudomembranous colitis.

Keywords: relating, lining

relating to or made of or similar to a membrane; "membranous lining"

Membranaceous.

Made of or similar to the membrane.