| 单词 | adipose membrane |
| 释义 | > as lemmasadipose membrane adipose membrane n. (a) Anatomy (now rare) = adipose tissue n.; cf. cellular membrane n. (a) at cellular adj. and n. Compounds; (b) Ichthyology = adipose eyelid n. [In sense (a) after post-classical Latin membrana adiposa (1626 or earlier) or French membrane adipeuse (1564 in Middle French in membrane sereuse [sic] ou adipeuse).] ΚΠ 1682 T. Gibson Anat. Humane Bodies i. xvii. 98 They are covered with a thin Membrane which is knit very fast to the outer or adipose Membrane of the Kidneys. 1737 J. Armstrong Synopsis Hist. & Cure Venereal Dis. 10 This Pannicle contains so little Fat, that scarce any Body allows it to be there an adipose Membrane. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 63/1 Anasarcous dropsy is the only disease in which the fat of the adipose membrane is entirely consumed. 1850 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1849 18: Pt. ii 1082 The arched series of pores in the adipose membrane, covering the lower part of the eye. 1906 Poultry Tribune June 33/3 To feed [pigs] for weight through adipose membrane alone is to court failure. 1951 Copeia No. 2. 176 Eye surrounded by a narrow adipose membrane. 2000 J. M. Leis & B. M. Carson-Ewart Larvae Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes iv. 74 The adipose membrane begins form at 28 mm in Dussumeria, and by 45 mm the eye is nearly covered by it. < as lemmas |
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