Mucous Definition

Mucous Sentence Examples

• In cases where diarrhoea is very obstinate and lasts for weeks, sulphuric acid is sometimes more efficacious than alkalis; and in chronic colics it may be necessary to treat the mucous membrane by local application of astringent solutions.

• They are also employed locally as sprays and douches to the nose, throat, vagina and rectum, for catarrhal conditions of the mucous membranes.

• Thus as it passes out by the bronchial mucous membrane it increases the amount of secretion and so acts as an expectorant.

• After acute poisoning, the stomach at a post-mortem presents signs of intense inflammation, parts or the whole of its mucous membrane being of a colour varying from dark red to bright vermilion and of ten corrugated.

• The strength of the astringent application and the mode of its administration are varied according to the delicacy and position of the mucous membrane affected.