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Definition of Mucous secretion

1. Noun. Protective secretion of the mucus membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mucous Secretion

Literary usage of Mucous secretion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1855)
"... but the increased mucous secretion generally ceases after weaning, and the re-establishment of menstruation. In women who are drained largely by ..."

2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1882)
"As soon as we ceased this blowing, the mucous secretion began again. Experiments made to control mistakes by blowing ordinary air with the same force showed ..."

3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1873)
"provided with an abundant mucous secretion. The skin is everywhere entirely smooth, above, thickly marked with small irregular In color, the fish is of a ..."

4. The Principles and practice of obstetrics by Gunning S. Bedford (1869)
"... Follicles—Development of —Increased mucous secretion not a Pathological State—Uses of this Secretion— Cervix begins to shorten at its Uterine, ..."

5. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1858)
"When examined by the microscope, the discharge is found to consist of an amorphous fluid, which is the proper mucous secretion, and of epithelial scales, ..."

6. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1884)
"... pilocarpine, and emetine cause considerable increase of the mucous secretion. In experiments upon dogs and cats crépitant râles were heard over the ..."

7. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1855)
"... but the increased mucous secretion generally ceases after weaning, and the re-establishment of menstruation. In women who are drained largely by ..."

8. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1882)
"As soon as we ceased this blowing, the mucous secretion began again. Experiments made to control mistakes by blowing ordinary air with the same force showed ..."

9. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1873)
"provided with an abundant mucous secretion. The skin is everywhere entirely smooth, above, thickly marked with small irregular In color, the fish is of a ..."

10. The Principles and practice of obstetrics by Gunning S. Bedford (1869)
"... Follicles—Development of —Increased mucous secretion not a Pathological State—Uses of this Secretion— Cervix begins to shorten at its Uterine, ..."

11. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1858)
"When examined by the microscope, the discharge is found to consist of an amorphous fluid, which is the proper mucous secretion, and of epithelial scales, ..."

12. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1884)
"... pilocarpine, and emetine cause considerable increase of the mucous secretion. In experiments upon dogs and cats crépitant râles were heard over the ..."

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