mucosal
/mjukˈoʊsəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the mucous membranes (mucosae).
Example Sentences
- "However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement)."
Etymology
From mucosa + -al.