mucosa
Americannoun
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mucosae
plural
noun
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Origin of mucosa
1875–80; < New Latin, noun use of feminine of Latin mūcōsus mucous
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The first big difference between antibody functions in fish and humans is that the mucosa of fish includes the skin.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023
The study offers important insight into the adverse effects of ultrafine particles in a human-derived cell model of the olfactory mucosa, providing a basis for possible measures to mitigate and prevent toxicological hazards.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023
Exposure to ultrafine particles from traffic alters the expression of many genes in human olfactory mucosa cells, a new study shows.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023
"Despite extensive in vitro experimentation, how P. aeruginosa forms biofilms at the airway mucosa is unresolved," the authors of the paper explained.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023
It is to be especially remembered, however, that it is very unwise to bite through normal mucosa for the purpose of taking a specimen from a periesophageal growth.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
At the same time, scientists are developing a new generation of vaccines that may give broader immunity or elicit a stronger response in the mucosae of the respiratory tract.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 22, 2021
The team analyzed almost 270,000 cells from swab samples taken from the nasal mucosae of people aged between four weeks and 77 years.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 26, 2021
Cells may migrate beyond the lamina muscularis mucosae and form a carcinoma or spread to distant sites in the body.
From Nature ● Sep. 18, 2013
Sometimes called mucosae, these epithelial membranes line the body cavities and hollow passageways that open to the external environment, and include the digestive, respiratory, excretory, and reproductive tracts.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The endoderm, or inner tissue, is responsible for generating the lining tissues of various spaces within the body, such as the mucosae of the digestive and respiratory systems.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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