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noun
Synonym of mucous membrane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: mucous membrane
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tunica
History
From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin as codified by Terminologia Anatomica and previously by its predecessors (e.g., Nomina Anatomica).
