— indusial , adj.
/in dooh"zee euhm, -zhee euhm, -dyooh"-/ , n. , pl. indusia /-zee euh, -zhee euh/ .
1. Bot. , Mycol. any of several structures having a netlike or skirtlike shape, as the membranous overgrowth covering the sori in ferns.
2. Anat. , Zool.
a. an enveloping layer or membrane.
b. a thin layer of gray matter on the corpus callosum.
[ 1700-10; éndys ( is ) dressing, dress ( endý ( ein ) to put on + -sis -SIS) + L -ium, for Gk -ion n. suffix ]