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I took in the situation almost at a glance—membranous croup!

I have never examined the throat of a child dead from so-called membranous croup in which I did not find the diphtheria bacillus.

Inflammatory, obstructive, and membranous dysmenorrhoea are commonly made worse by marriage.

The ears were without hair, thin and membranous like the wings of a bat, and very open.

When conditions unfavorable for life come, the amœba, like some one-celled plants, encysts itself within a membranous wall.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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