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MUCOSAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to mucous membranes
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
mucosa (mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior)
Derivation:
mucosa (mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior)
Context examples:
There is no pathologic M0 for mucosal melanoma of the head and neck.
(Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck Pathologic Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
A finding about one or more characteristics of mucosal melanoma of the head and neck, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.
(Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
The walls of the tubes are composed of three layers: mucosal, muscular, and serosal.
(Murine Fallopian Tube, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of mucosal melanoma of the head and neck, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.
(Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck Clinical TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of mucosal melanoma of the head and neck, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.
(Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
An acute or chronic infectious process affecting a mucosal surface.
(Mucosal Infection, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by an infectious process involving a mucosal surface.
(Mucosal Infection, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
It usually presents as a small mucosal polyp.
(Colon Ganglioneuroma, NCI Thesaurus)
Shedding of the outer layer of skin or mucosal tissue.
(Desquamation, NCI Thesaurus)
Squamous or glandular intraepithelial neoplasia that affects the cervical mucosal epithelium.
(Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
