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mucosas

mucosas 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

Questions about mucosas

What is mucosas the plural of?
Mucosas is the plural of mucosa.

Words near mucosas in the dictionary

  1. mucosalized
  2. mucosalizes
  3. mucosalizing
  4. mucosally
  5. mucosanguineous
  6. mucosas
  7. mucosatropic
  8. mucose
  9. mucosecretory
  10. mucosectomies
  11. mucosectomy

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