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pellicle

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pel⋅li⋅cle

  [pel-i-kuhl]
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–noun
1. a thin skin or membrane; film; scum.
2. Photography. a thin, partially reflective coating, as on a beam splitter or pellicle mirror.
Origin:
1535–45; < L pellicul(a), equiv. to pelli(s) skin + -cula -cle 1

Related forms:
pel⋅lic⋅u⋅lar  [puh-lik-yuh-ler] , pel⋅lic⋅u⋅late  [puh-lik-yuh-lit, -leyt] , adjective
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pel·li·cle   (pěl'ĭ-kəl)   
n.  A thin skin or film, such as an organic membrane or liquid film.

[French, from Latin pellicula, husk, diminutive of pellis, skin; see pel-3 in Indo-European roots.]
pel·lic'u·lar (pə-lĭk'yə-lər) adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pel·li·cle
Pronunciation: 'pel-i-k&l
Function: noun
: a thin skin or film: as a : an outer membrane of someprotozoans (as euglenoids or paramecia) b : a bacterial growth in the form of a sheet on the surface of a liquid medium c : a thin layer of salivary glycoproteinscoating the surface of the teeth
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pellicle pel·li·cle (pěl'ĭ-kəl)
n.
A thin skin or film on the surface of a liquid.

pel·lic'u·lar (pə-lĭk'yə-lər) adj.

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