Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Synonyms

mucosa

American  
[myoo-koh-suh, -zuh] / myuˈkoʊ sə, -zə /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

mucosae

  1. mucous membrane.

mucosa British  
/ mjuːˈkəʊsə /

noun

  1. another word for mucous membrane

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • mucosal adjective

Etymology

Origin of mucosa

1875–80; < New Latin, noun use of feminine of Latin mūcōsus mucous

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

In humans, for example, this is the case in the intestinal mucosa or the liver.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024

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

The corresponding figure for microscopically healed mucosa was 2.53.

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

So will the presence of gallstones, or of disturbances of the biliary mucosa.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.