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in⋅du⋅si⋅um

[in-doo-zee-uhm, -zhee-uhm, -dyoo-]
–noun, plural -si⋅a [-zee-uh, -zhee-uh] .
1. Botany, Mycology. any of several structures having a netlike or skirtlike shape, as the membranous overgrowth covering the sori in ferns.
2. Anatomy, Zoology.
a. an enveloping layer or membrane.
b. a thin layer of gray matter on the corpus callosum.

Origin:
1700–10; < NL; L: kind of tunic, perh. < Gk éndys(is) dressing, dress (endý(ein) to put on + -sis -sis ) + L -ium, for Gk -ion n. suffix


in⋅du⋅si⋅al, adjective
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Main Entry: in·du·si·um
Pronunciation: in-'d(y)ü-z(h)E-&m
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural in·du·sia /-z(h)E-&/
: a membrane serving as a covering; especially : INDUSIUM GRISEUM
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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