Medusa vs. Velum — What's the Difference?

In Greek mythology, Medusa (; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα "guardian, protectress") also called Gorgo, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone.

(Biology) A covering or partition of thin membranous tissue, such as the veil of a mushroom, a rim of tissue around the margin of the bell of certain cnidarians, or a membrane of the brain.

The Gorgon who was killed by Perseus.

(Anatomy) The soft palate.

A body form of certain cnidarians such as jellyfish, consisting of a dome-shaped structure with a mouth underneath surrounded by tentacles, and in most species constituting the free-swimming sexual stage of the organism.

(Zoology) A ciliated swimming and feeding organ that develops in certain larval stages of most gastropod and bivalve mollusks.

(zoology) A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles.

A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain, such as:

(pathology) worm-star

(anatomy) the soft palate

The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.

(botany) a thin membrane partially covering the cluster of sporangia near the leaf base in quillworts and their extinct relatives

Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.

(mycology) a veil-like membrane of immature mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is torn by growth, to reveal the gills

(Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus

(malacology) a locomotory and feeding organ provided with cilia found in the larval stage of bivalves

Any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans

(zoology) a annular membrane, typically bordering a cavity, especially in certain molluscs, medusae, and other invertebrates

One of two forms that coelenterates take: is the free-swimming sexual stage in the life cycle of a coelenterate and has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles

A delicate membrane found on certain protists

(meteorology) an accessory cloud resembling a veil extending over a large distance; normally associated with cumulus and cumulonimbus

A curtain or covering; - applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate.

A veil-like organ or part.

Membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap

Membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth; represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap

A muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking