Reissner's membrane
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Reiss´ner's mem´brane
1. | (Anat.) The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.