Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anatomy and zoology, of or pertaining to the limbs of an animal, as distinguished from the body proper; appendicular, as distinguished from axial (parts of the whole body).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Relating to a member.
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- adjective anatomy Relating to a
member .
Etymologies
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member + -al
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Examples
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We must keep in mind, moreover, that many things that happen even in one same body escape the notice of the entire being, especially when the bulk is large: thus in huge sea-beasts, it is said, the animal as a whole will be quite unaffected by some membral accident too slight to traverse the organism.
The Six Enneads. Plotinus 1952
jeromicito commented on the word membral
I can't remembral what I was going to comment on. My membral is going to pot.
November 5, 2009