mucosal

1. 1.

   of or relating to mucous membranes

Questions about mucosal

What does mucosal mean?

mucosal means "of or relating to mucous membranes".

How many syllables are in mucosal?

mucosal has 3 syllables: mu-co-sal. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /mjuˈkoʊsəl/.

Is mucosal a common word?

mucosal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.