Like parchment or paper. [L. papyraceus, made of papyrus]
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pap·y·ra·ceous .pap-ə-'rā-shəs adj of, relating to, or being the flattened remains of one of twin fetuses which has died in the uterus and been compressed by the growth of the other
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pap·y·ra·ceous (pap″ĭ-raґshəs) [L. papyraceus] like paper.Medical dictionary. 2011.