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Definition of Mucosa
1. Noun. Mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior.
Specialized synonyms: Conjunctiva, Endometrium, Hymen, Maidenhead, Virginal Membrane
Generic synonyms: Membrane, Tissue Layer
Derivative terms: Mucosal
Definition of Mucosa
1. Noun. (anatomy) A mucous membrane. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mucosa
1. a mucous membrane [n -SAE or -SAS] : MUCOSAL [adj]
Medical Definition of Mucosa
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mucosa
Literary usage of Mucosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Textbook of human physiology by Leonard Landois, William Stirling (1889)
"182, a) ; they run vertically, and anastomose in the mucosa between the gland
... They join large trunks in the mucosa ; another plexus of large vessels ..."
2. A Text-book of Histology by Frederick Randolph Bailey (1906)
"GLANDS OF THE ORAL mucosa.'—Distributed throughout the oral mucosa are small
branched tubular glands. Only in those parts of the mucous membrane which are ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"The mucous membrane of the tube contained many small submucous cysts, which
appeared to be deep depressions of the mucosa, covered with cylindrical ..."
4. Textbook of human physiology by Leonard Landois, William Stirling (1889)
"182, a) ; they run vertically, and anastomose in the mucosa between the gland
... They join large trunks in the mucosa ; another plexus of large vessels ..."
5. A Text-book of Histology by Frederick Randolph Bailey (1906)
"GLANDS OF THE ORAL mucosa.'—Distributed throughout the oral mucosa are small
branched tubular glands. Only in those parts of the mucous membrane which are ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"The mucous membrane of the tube contained many small submucous cysts, which
appeared to be deep depressions of the mucosa, covered with cylindrical ..."
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