Phrase guide

mucous membrane

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A membrane which secretes mucus. It forms the lining of various body passages that communicate with the air, such as the respiratory, genitourinary, and alimentary tracts including the mouth, nasal passages, vagina, and urethra.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mucosa, mucous tunic, tunica mucosa

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: membrane, tissue, structure

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noun

Meaning 2

mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mucosa

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: membrane, tissue layer

Narrower terms: conjunctiva, endometrium, hymen, maidenhead, virginal membrane

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: լորձաթաղանթ (lorjatʻaġantʻ) — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Azerbaijani: selikli qişa — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Belarusian: слізістая абалонка (slizistaja abalónka) — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Bulgarian: слизеста мембрана (slizesta membrana) — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Catalan: membrana mucosa — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黏膜 (niánmó) — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Czech: sliznice — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Dutch: slijmvlies — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Esperanto: mukozo — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Finnish: limakalvo — membrane which secretes mucus
  • French: muqueuse — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Galician: membrana mucosa — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Galician: mucosa — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Georgian: ლორწოვანი გარსი (lorc̣ovani garsi) — membrane which secretes mucus
  • German: Schleimhaut — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Greek: βλεννογόνος (vlennogónos) — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Hungarian: nyálkahártya — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Icelandic: slímhimna — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Irish: scannán ronnach — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Italian: mucosa — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Japanese: 粘膜 (nenmaku) — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Kazakh: шырышты қабық (şyryşty qabyq) — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Korean: 점막 (jeommak) — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Northern Kurdish: lînceperde — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Latvian: gļotāda — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Lithuanian: gleivinė — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Low German: Sliemhuut — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Macedonian: слузница (sluznica) — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Macedonian: лигавица (ligavica) — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: slimhinne — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: slimhinne — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Polish: błona śluzowa — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Polish: śluzówka — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Portuguese: mucosa — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Romanian: mucoasă — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Romanian: membrană mucoasă — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Romansh: mucosa — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Romansh: pel mucosa — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Russian: сли́зистая оболо́чка (slízistaja obolóčka) — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Russian: сли́зистая ткань (slízistaja tkanʹ) — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Serbo-Croatian: cлузокожа — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Serbo-Croatian: слу́зница — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Serbo-Croatian: sluzokoža — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Serbo-Croatian: slúznica — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Slovak: sliznica — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Slovene: sluznica — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Spanish: mucosa — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Spanish: membrana mucosa — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Swedish: slemhinna — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Swedish: mukosa — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Turkish: mukoza — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Turkish: sümük doku — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Turkish: sümüksü zar — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Ukrainian: слизова оболонка (slyzova obolonka) — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Vietnamese: niêm mạc — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Vietnamese: màng nhầy — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Volapük: slimaflid — membrane which secretes mucus
  • Welsh: pilen ludiog — membrane which secretes mucus