mucosa

mu·co·sa

 (myo͞o-kō′sə)

n. pl. mu·co·sae (-sē) or mu·co·sas

See mucous membrane.

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[From Latin mūcōsa, feminine of mūcōsus, mucous; see mucous.]

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mu·co′sal adj.

mucosa

(mjuːˈkəʊsə)

n, pl -sae (-siː)

(Anatomy) another word for mucous membrane

[C19: New Latin, from Latin mūcōsus slimy]

muˈcosal adj

mu′cous mem′brane

n.

a mucus-secreting membrane lining all bodily passages that are open to the air, as parts of the digestive and respiratory tracts.

[1805–15]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mucosa - mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior mucous membrane conjunctiva - a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid tissue layer, membrane - a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants endometrium - (pregnancy) the mucous membrane that lines the uterus; thickens under hormonal control and (if pregnancy does not occur) is shed in menstruation; if pregnancy occurs it is shed along with the placenta at parturition maidenhead, virginal membrane, hymen - a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin

Translations

muqueuse

mucosa

n mucosa