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Mucigen :: Mucigen (n.) A substance which is formed in mucous epithelial cells, and gives rise to mucin..

Copaiva :: Copaiva (n.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also balsam of copaiba..

Turbinal :: Turbinal (a.) Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; -- applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers..

Oedema :: Oedema (n.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

Polypus :: Polypus (n.) A tumor, usually with a narrow base, somewhat resembling a pear, -- found in the nose, uterus, etc., and produced by hypertrophy of some portion of the mucous membrane..

Rheum :: Rheum (n.) A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose..

Corium :: Corium (n.) The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium.

Mucous :: Mucous (a.) Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane..

Colitis :: Colitis (n.) An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis..

Mucid :: Mucid (a.) Musty; moldy; slimy; mucous.

Scrofula :: Scrofula (n.) A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may

Proctocele :: Proctocele (n.) Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani..

Hemoptysis :: Hemoptysis (n.) The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs..

Lacuna :: Lacuna (n.) A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane..

Vaginitis :: Vaginitis (n.) Inflammation of the vagina, or the genital canal, usually of its mucous living membrane..

Thirst :: Thirst (n.) A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation..

Condylome :: Condylome (n.) A wartlike new growth on the outer skin or adjoining mucous membrane.

Rhinitis :: Rhinitis (n.) Infllammation of the nose; esp., inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nostrils..

Pituitary :: Pituitary (a.) Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities..

Mucus :: Mucus (n.) A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose, lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc..

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