LEMMA

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 26

(Lat.), n. n. Leam'ma. Gen., lem'malos (-at is). Gr., Mnna. (from Mirtiv, to peel). Lit., bark, cortex. 1. Furfuf. 2. Of Owen, a limiting membrane or sheath (e. </.. the vitelline membrane, sarcolemma, neurilemma, etc.). [J, 29.] [s. 602]