mucous
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Instead, larvae can enter wounds or mucous membranes, where they must be removed quickly to limit further damage to the surrounding tissue.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Screwworms are parasitic flies whose females lay eggs in open wounds and mucous membranes of living warm-blooded animals and people.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
The EPA says methyl methacrylate is irritating to the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes in humans.
From Barron's ● May 24, 2026
William, who Rona chirpily informs us has “a rare mucous membrane disorder,” is happy to get “lugubrious”: “Meaning extremely sad and droopy? A topic I am all too familiar with.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
He points out many of its inaccuracies—primarily, the misconception that leprosy travels through the mucous membranes.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
