See Also: Huxley's membrane(medicine)
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Huxley (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Huxley, Aldous(dictionary)
Huxley's sheath(medicine)
Huxley's layer(medicine)
Huxley, Thomas(medicine)
Huxley, T(homas) H(enry)(encyclopedia)
Huxley, Aldous (Leonard)(encyclopedia)
Huxley, Sir Julian (Sorell)(encyclopedia)

phonautograph (medicine) and Huxley's membrane (medicine)


phonautograph (medicine)


phonautograph
<physics> An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate.

Origin: Phono- + Gr. Self + -graph.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Huxley's membrane (medicine)


Huxley's membrane -->
Huxley's layer
A layer of cells interposed between Henle's layer and the cuticle of the inner root sheath of the hair follicle.

Synonym: Huxley's membrane, Huxley's sheath.