The scientists have great hopes for rice-based vaccines as a way to protect large populations against mucosal infections. There would be no need for injection, since the vaccine would be taken by mouth.
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Mucosal
Synonyms for "mucosal"
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2 translations across 2 languages.
Czech
1 entries- slizniční adj (of or pertaining to the mucous membranes)
Interlingua
1 entries- mucosal adj (of or pertaining to the mucous membranes)
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However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement).
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