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membral, a.|ˈmɛmbrəl|
Also 7 memberal.
[f. L. membr-um member + -al1.]
Pertaining to or characteristic of a member or members (in various senses). Now rare exc. Anat. and Zool. = appendicular.
1603Florio Montaigne iii. xii. (1632) 596 An unnaturall ill-favourdnesse, and membrall deformity. 1650T. Hubbert Pill Formality 63 [Judas] was a member of the Church, and not cast out, and so had a memberal right unto it. 1804Larwood No Gun Boats 27 The limb, though amputated, has its membral portion of parental blood still flowing through its arteries. 1827G. S. Faber Sacr. Cal. Prophecy (1844) II. 25 He seems..to have enjoyed full membral liberty, not being subjected to any other confinement than that of an inclosed park. 1882Wilder & Gage Anat. Techn. 87 A membral (‘appendicular’) portion, including the bones of the arms and legs.
Hence † ˈmembrally adv., in respect of a member.
1643R. O. Man's Mort. iii. 14 If Nature be deprived more or lesse in her worke of conception of her due,..her Effect is accordingly: If membrally impedited, a membrall impediment. Ibid. 16. |