membraniform

English

Etymology

From membrane +‎ -iform.

Adjective

membraniform (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a membrane; resembling a membrane.
   • 1842, Jonathan Pereira, The Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics:

     "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."