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Definition of Pellicle
1. Noun. Thin protective membrane in some protozoa.
Definition of Pellicle
1. n. A thin skin or film.
Definition of Pellicle
1. Noun. a thin skin or film ¹
2. Noun. cuticle, the hard protective outer layer of certain life forms ¹
3. Noun. the skin of a mushroom cap ¹
4. Noun. the growth on the surface of a liquid culture ¹
5. Noun. the photosensitive emulsion of photographic film ¹
6. Noun. (optics) a thin plastic membrane used as a beam splitter or protective cover ¹
7. Noun. (context: mycology) the outermost layer of a mushroom, often used only for a surface that is viscid and easily peels off ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pellicle
1. a thin skin or film [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pellicle
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pellicle
Literary usage of Pellicle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physiological by Julius Sachs (1882)
"pellicles have only micellar interstices; and indeed these latter are, according
to him, smaller than the molecules of the precipitate of which the pellicle ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"In fact, this powder comes from the pellicle which envelopes the feathers at
their first ... This pellicle is usually of the same colour as the feathers, ..."
3. Diseases of the ovaries: Their Diagnosis and Treatment by Spencer Wells (1873)
"These larger colloid-globules, therefore, like the smaller ones, appear to be
drops or lumps of a semi-fluid, jelly-like substance without pellicle or ..."
4. Colloids in Biology and Medicine by Heinrich Bechhold (1919)
"In plants, there is usually a visible cell pellicle which supports the protoplasm;
... Theory requires an invisible plasma pellicle which is considered the ..."
5. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1861)
"If this varnish be then drawn by the means of a feather or brush over the surface
of some water, it will form a beautifully ¡iridescent pellicle. ..."
6. The Medical Times and Gazette (1858)
"I have little doubt that this pellicle was due to the action of the parasite on
the enfeebled mucous surfaces of the mouth, fauces, See. ..."
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