How to Use mucosa in a Sentence

mucosa

noun
Definition of mucosanext
  • Even though the mucosa is tucked away inside your cheeks, it gets exposed to a lot.
    — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Once in the intestines, the worms embed themselves in the mucosa of the small intestines and reproduce.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The detergent can get on the skin or mucosa (inner lining of mouth).
    — Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 18 Jan. 2018
  • These cancers develop from the gland cells in the stomach's mucosa.
    — Korin Miller, Health.com, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Worse, the sensitive tissue inside your nose (called mucosa) isn't able to withstand waxing the same way the skin on your face and body does.
    — Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 7 Apr. 2017
  • That is present not only in the lungs, but in other cells as well, including those in the intestine and in the nasal mucosa, which lines the nasal cavity.
    — William Petri, The Conversation, 6 May 2020
  • Nine existing vaccines work along these lines, using oral drops to protect the mucosa against diseases such as polio and the flu.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Indeed, microbes predominating in stool and those that tend to live in close proximity to the mucosa (the lining of the gut) are not entirely the same.
    — Patrick Wilson, Outside Online, 11 Sep. 2020
  • There are some suggestions that steam inhalation might be a factor, by damaging the mucosa.
    — Judy Stone, Forbes, 3 June 2021
  • The cuts don’t need to be big—even microscopic disruptions in your vaginal mucosa can be enough, Dr. Streicher says.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 23 Jan. 2018
  • One recent Australian study suggested nasal mucosa may contain adult stem cells, Young said.
    — Kristen Philipkoski, WIRED, 3 June 2005
  • Also known as evil-sounding aphthous ulcers, canker sores are round or oval lesions that show up in the mucosa (delicate tissue) of your mouth.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The spray vaccine didn’t elicit a strong immune response in the nasal mucosa tissue or in the rest of the body of volunteers, according to researchers at the University of Oxford.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Like bouncers at a bar, IgA antibodies are the primary immune molecules on guard in the mucosa.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 18 July 2022
  • One patient had perforation of the rectosigmoid and 4 had lacerations of the mucosa.
    — Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2013
  • The trials have so far analyzed only blood, but testing for antibodies in mucosa would confirm that the antibodies can travel to the nose and mouth.
    — New York Times, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Trying to enhance the vaccine with an extra ingredient, called an adjuvant, inflamed the nasal mucosa and led to Bell’s palsy in some people.
    — Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Your nasal passages are lined with mucosa, or mucous membranes, that are sensitive to pathogens and irritants like allergens or viruses.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 7 July 2021
  • The sinuses to which Williams refers are the paranasal sinuses, which are aerated structures lined by respiratory mucosa and bone surrounding the nose.
    — Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 3 July 2022
  • Those specimens included serum, whole blood, urine, saliva, and vaginal mucosa swabs when the patient wasn’t menstruating.
    — Fox News, 18 Oct. 2016
  • Heat and water loss are closely related: heating the air in the nasal cavities means the lining of the nasal cavity (mucosa) becomes cooler than core body temperature; at the same time, water evaporates (becomes vapour) to make the air moist.
    — David King, CNN, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Here, a different class of antibodies exude from the mucosa to neutralize viruses and other intruders.
    — Claire Bugos, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Their infective feces often enter the bite wound, oral or nasal mucosa, or conjunctivas and transmit the flagellate parasite.
    — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2011
  • Thus, one probiotic strain can have effects on more than one organ system (in this example NCC2461, on gut and nasal mucosa and skin), and different probiotics can affect the same organ while using different effector pathways.
    — Enea Rezzonico, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2015
  • Specifically, the researchers examined olfactory neurons in the nasal mucosa, blood vessels, and the number of olfactory axons—which are parts of neurons that transmit electrical signals—in each patient.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Another animal study further demonstrated the important role of the mucosa in preventing infection.
    — Daniel P. Oran, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Given these antimicrobial features, it is considered the biochemical barrier of the mucosa (Figure 3).
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
  • In theory, ingestion of undiluted formulations could cause injuries like burns to gastrointestinal mucosa, abdominal pain, gastrointestinal bleeding, and gut perforation.
    — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Behçet's disease is a genetically complex disease of unknown etiology characterized by recurrent inflammatory attacks affecting the orogenital mucosa, eyes and skin.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2010

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