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mucosa

[myoo-koh-suh, -zuh] / myuˈkoʊ sə, -zə /
NOUN
membrane
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Intestinal organoids are three-dimensional cell cultures grown from adult intestinal stem cells, allowing the researchers to mimic the intestinal mucosa.

From Science Daily • Nov. 24, 2023

Exposure to ultrafine particles altered human olfactory mucosa cell function, and different fuels and engines caused different adverse effects.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2023

"We have shown that even during periods of microscopic intestinal inflammation, IBD patients have an increased risk of serious infections, including sepsis, compared to periods when they have a microscopically healed mucosa," he explains.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2023

"Despite extensive in vitro experimentation, how P. aeruginosa forms biofilms at the airway mucosa is unresolved," the authors of the paper explained.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2023

Scleroma of the trachea is characterized by infiltration of the tracheal mucosa, which greatly narrows the lumen.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier




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