mucous secretion

What does mucous secretion mean?

mucous secretion means "protective secretion of the mucous membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium".

What is another word for mucous secretion?

Close synonyms include mucus. 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 secretion a common word?

mucous secretion 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mucous secretion come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.