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mucosa

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

  • Drying up the mucosa (usually with anti-histamines), they say, may simply prolong the battle.
  • I believe that if researchers find a way to manipulate the neurons in gastric fundus mucosa, the same way they manipulated the neurons that are itch-specific, they may detect that .
  • A diverticulum (Latin for a small bypath) of the large bowel is a little pouch or sac formed by pressure inside the gut, forcing the inner layer (mucosa) through a weak spot in .
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  • Nosebleed (Epistaxis)
    What Is It? The inside of the nose is covered with moist, delicate tissue (mucosa) that has a rich supply of blood vessels near the surface. When this tissue is injured, even from a minor nick or scratch, these blood vessels tend to bleed, sometimes heavily.
    Oct. 18, 2013 - InteliHealth
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  • St Jerome in E Canada Now
    The association of influenza viral infection disrupting the mucosa to permit secondary bacterial infection is not new,says Dr. Jerome Klein, professor of pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine. "This is what happened in the...

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