mucous membrane

1. 1.

   mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior

   Synonymsmucosa

   Broadermembrane

   Narrowerconjunctivaendometriumhymen

Questions about mucous membrane

What does mucous membrane mean?

mucous membrane means "mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior".

What is another word for mucous membrane?

Close synonyms include mucosa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mucous membrane a common word?

mucous membrane 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.