Meanings
plural mucous membranes
- anatomyA membrane which secretes mucus. It forms the lining of various body passages that communicate with the air, such as the respiratory, genitourinary, and alimentary tracts including the mouth, nasal passages, vagina, and urethra.
Synonyms: mucosa, mucous tunic, tunica mucosa
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA membrane which secretes mucus. It forms the lining of various body passages that communicate with the air, such as the respiratory, genitourinary, and alimentary tracts including the mouth, nasal passages, vagina, and urethra.
More synonyms by meaning
nounmucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian слизеста мембрана
- слизеста мембрана (slizesta membrana)membrane which secretes mucus
Catalan membrana mucosa
- membrana mucosamembrane which secretes mucus
Chinese Mandarin 黏膜
- 黏膜 (niánmó)membrane which secretes mucus
Czech sliznice
- sliznicemembrane which secretes mucus
Dutch slijmvlies
- slijmvliesmembrane which secretes mucus
Esperanto mukozo
- mukozomembrane which secretes mucus
Finnish limakalvo
- limakalvomembrane which secretes mucus
French muqueuse
- muqueusemembrane which secretes mucus
German Schleimhaut
- Schleimhautmembrane which secretes mucus
Greek βλεννογόνος
- βλεννογόνος (vlennogónos)membrane which secretes mucus
Hungarian nyálkahártya
- nyálkahártyamembrane which secretes mucus
Icelandic slímhimna
- slímhimnamembrane which secretes mucus
Irish scannán ronnach
- scannán ronnachmembrane which secretes mucus
Italian mucosa
- mucosamembrane which secretes mucus
Japanese 粘膜
- 粘膜 (nenmaku)membrane which secretes mucus
Korean 점막
- 점막 (jeommak)membrane which secretes mucus
Latvian gļotāda
- gļotādamembrane which secretes mucus
Lithuanian gleivinė
- gleivinėmembrane which secretes mucus
Norwegian Bokmål slimhinne
- slimhinnemembrane which secretes mucus
Polish błona śluzowa, śluzówka
- błona śluzowamembrane which secretes mucus
- śluzówkamembrane which secretes mucus
Portuguese mucosa
- mucosamembrane which secretes mucus
Romanian mucoasă, membrană mucoasă
- mucoasămembrane which secretes mucus
- membrană mucoasămembrane which secretes mucus
Russian сли́зистая оболо́чка, сли́зистая ткань
- сли́зистая оболо́чка (slízistaja obolóčka)membrane which secretes mucus
- сли́зистая ткань (slízistaja tkanʹ)membrane which secretes mucus
Slovak sliznica
- sliznicamembrane which secretes mucus
Spanish mucosa, membrana mucosa
- mucosamembrane which secretes mucus
- membrana mucosamembrane which secretes mucus
Swedish slemhinna, mukosa
- slemhinnamembrane which secretes mucus
- mukosamembrane which secretes mucus
Turkish mukoza, sümük doku
- mukozamembrane which secretes mucus
- sümük dokumembrane which secretes mucus
- sümüksü zarmembrane which secretes mucus
Ukrainian слизова оболонка
- слизова оболонка (slyzova obolonka)membrane which secretes mucus
Vietnamese niêm mạc, màng nhầy
- niêm mạcmembrane which secretes mucus
- màng nhầymembrane which secretes mucus
Welsh pilen ludiog
- pilen ludiogmembrane which secretes mucus
Cite this entry
mucous membrane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucous%20membrane
“mucous membrane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucous%20membrane. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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