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mucous membrane

a mucus-secreting membrane lining body cavities and canals connecting with the external air, as the alimentary canal and respiratory tract

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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