SUBMUCOSA


Meaning of SUBMUCOSA in English

[ ˌsʌbmju:'kəʊsə ]

■ noun ( plural ~e -si: ) Physiology the layer of areolar connective tissue lying beneath a mucous membrane.

Derivatives

~l adjective

Origin

C19: from mod. L. ~ (membrana) , feminine of submucosus 'submucous'.

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