- Wachendorf membrane
- Wach·en·dorf membrane (vahkґen-dorf) [Eberhard Jacob Wachendorf, Dutch physician, 1703–1758] see under membrane.
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Wachendorf membrane
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Wachendorf membrane — membrana pupillaris … Medical dictionary
membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m … Medical dictionary
Wachendorf — Eberhard J., German botanist and anatomist, 1702–1758. See W. membrane … Medical dictionary
membrana pupillaris — [TA] pupillary membrane: the portion of the tunica vasculosa lentis that is in front of the pupil; it is a mesodermal layer attached to the rim or front of the iris during embryonic development, sometimes persisting in the adult. Called also… … Medical dictionary
