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Membrane vs Pannicle - What's the difference?

membrane | pannicle |

As nouns the difference between membrane and pannicle

is that membrane is membrane while pannicle is (anatomy|zoology) a membrane of tissue in the body of a human or animal.

membrane

English

(wikipedia membrane)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually in a plant or animal).
  • A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
  • A flexible or semi-flexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.

    • Derived terms

    * neomembrane

    pannicle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy, zoology) A membrane of tissue in the body of a human or animal.
  • (obsolete, medicine) A pannus.
  • (obsolete, rare) The skull.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.v:
    • To him he turned, and with rigour fell / Smote him so rudely on the Pannikell , / That to the chin he cleft his head in twaine [...].

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