membral

English

Etymology

From Latin membrum +‎ -al.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɛmbɹəl/

Adjective

membral (not comparable)

  1. (now rare) Relating to a member, in various senses; especially, (anatomy, zoology) pertaining to a limb.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.12:
      This man speakes of an unnaturall ill-favourdnesse and membrall deformity, but we call ill-favourdnesse a kinde of unseemelinesse at the first sight, which chiefely lodgeth in the face, and by the colour worketh a dislike in us.
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