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of a mucilaginous or oily nature, supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous membrane, or protecting i

d colloids, by means of their unequal diffusion, especially through natural or artificial membranes.

To separate, prepare, or obtain, by dialysis or osmose; to pass through an animal membrane; to subject to dialysis. [Written also dialyse.]

Prepared by diffusion through an animal membrane; as, dialyzed iron.

A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it.

aterial which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane.

Capable of passing through animal membranes by osmosis.

The act of passing by osmosis through animal membranes, as in the distribution of poisons, gases, etc., through the body. Unlike absorption, diffusion may go on after death, that is, after the blood ceases to circulate.

disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. Group.

A doubling; a fold, as of a membrane.

The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; -- frequently abbreviated to dura.

The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon. -- Ec`ter*on"ic, a.

f a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.

The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.

The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes. -- En`de*ron"ic, a.

The membrane lining the cavities of the heart.

The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb.

The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.

The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.

nal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.