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mucosae

UK/mjuːˈkəʊzi/US/mjuˈkoʊzi/

mucosae is the plural of mucosa.

Meaning of mucosa

Noun

mucosa (countable and uncountable, plural mucosae or mucosas)

  1. 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

Phrases with mucosae

Words that rhyme with mucosae

Questions about mucosae

What is mucosae the plural of?
Mucosae is the plural of mucosa.
How do you pronounce mucosae?
Mucosae is pronounced /mjuːˈkəʊzi/ (UK).

Words near mucosae in the dictionary

  1. mucoromycete
  2. mucoromycetes
  3. mucosa
  4. mucosaccharide
  5. mucosaccharides
  6. mucosae
  7. mucosal
  8. mucosalivary
  9. mucosalization
  10. mucosalize
  11. mucosalized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mucosae (page history and authors); mucosa (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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