Definition of "membrana" [membrana]

• Same as membrane. (noun)
• Same as false amnion. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The intermediate ear displays an irregular cavity, having a membrane, called the membrana tympani, stretched across its extremity; and this cavity has a communication with the external air, through the Eustachian tube, which leads into the fauces, or throat."
• "The larger follicles (Fig. 1164) consist of an external fibrovascular coat, connected with the surrounding stroma of the ovary by a net-work of bloodvessels; and an internal coat, which consists of several layers of nucleated cells, called the membrana granulosa."
• "The portion of the membrane situated above the short process is known as the membrana flaccida or"