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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•du•si•um (in do̅o̅′zē əm, -zhē əm, -dyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -si•a (-zē ə, -zhē ə).USA pronunciation - Botany, Fungiany of several structures having a netlike or skirtlike shape, as the membranous overgrowth covering the sori in ferns.
- Anatomy, Zoology
- an enveloping layer or membrane.
- a thin layer of gray matter on the corpus callosum.
- Greek éndys(is) dressing, dress (endý(ein) to put on + -sis -sis) + Latin -ium, for Greek -ion noun, nominal suffix
- Neo-Latin; Latin: kind of tunic, perh.
- 1700–10
in•du′si•al, adj. |