Taber's Medical Dictionary
velamen
(vĕ-lā′mĕn)
(vĕ-lā′mĭ-nă )
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Any covering membrane.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Velamen." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765743/all/velamina.
Velamen. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765743/all/velamina. Accessed May 2, 2026.
Velamen. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765743/all/velamina
Velamen [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 May 02]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765743/all/velamina.
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