mucosa
UK/mjuːˈkəʊzə//mjuˈkoʊzə/
mucosa noun: synonym of mucous membrane.
Noun
mucosa (countable and uncountable, plural mucosae or mucosas)
- Synonym of mucous membrane.
- The substantial genital swelling of [female chimpanzees] during oestrus may facilitate transmission of viruses by making the mucosa more fragile.2011, Jacques Pepin, “The Source”, in The Origins of AIDS, 1st edition, →ISBN, page 29
- Synonyms:
- mucous membrane
mucosa meaning in Tamil
mucosa in Tamil
- சவ்வு, சீதச்சவ்வு, மென் சவ்வு
Examples of mucosa in a sentence
- He'd been chewing for many years by the time he first noticed some white plaques on his oral mucosa.
- Vesicobullous diseases are characterised by the presence of vesicles or bullae at varying locations in the mucosa.
- MiRNA levels in these never smoker OSCCs were compared to that in nonpathologic mucosa in never smokers.
Synonyms of mucosa
Forms of mucosa
| plural | mucosae |
|---|---|
| plural | mucosas |
Words formed from mucosa
Words that rhyme with mucosa
Questions about mucosa
- What does mucosa mean?
- Mucosa means synonym of mucous membrane.
- What is mucosa in Tamil?
- Mucosa in Tamil is சவ்வு, சீதச்சவ்வு, மென் சவ்வு. See Mucosa meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mucosa?
- Mucosa is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mucosa?
- Mucosa is pronounced /mjuːˈkəʊzə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mucosa?
- The plural of mucosa is mucosae.
Words near mucosa in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mucosa (page history and authors); mucosa (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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