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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It turns out that these enzymes are exceptionally efficient, as the complex sugars at the surface of the intestinal mucosa share chemical resemblance with those found at the surface of blood cells.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024
The human olfactory mucosa is a tissue directly exposed to the environment and in direct contact with the brain.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023
"We have shown that even during periods of microscopic intestinal inflammation, IBD patients have an increased risk of serious infections, including sepsis, compared to periods when they have a microscopically healed mucosa," he explains.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 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
Syphilitic ulcers are usually single, deep, and crateriform; the base is covered with a dirty white secretion, and the surrounding mucosa presents an angry red appearance.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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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