Middle English Dictionary Entry
membrāne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | membrāne n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)31b/a : Inflacions..ar made of wynde gadred togider somtyme..vnder þe skyn, somtyme..in þe membranez þat bene about þe profoundnez, somtyme..about one membre, somtyme..þai renne about al þe body.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)37a/a : Obtalmia is seyde a flegmon of þe membrane innati, i. coniunctyue.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)130a/a : Þat in raisyng up þe vngule, bot if it be done warly, it is perile of bristyng þe membrane [Ch.(2): þe smalle skyn] most corneam.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)130b/a : After be it kut with sherez in eschewyng þe membrane & proprely þe corneam & þe lacrimale flesh.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. membrane.