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" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Adjective(2 words)
epithelial membrane relatedmembrane related
Strong matches (1)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (3)
Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesanatomical propertytissue attribute
More specific
3 entriesgastric mucosanasal mucosaoral mucosa
Collocations
6 entriesmucosal barriermucosal immunitymucosal layermucosal membranemucosal surfacemucosal tissue
Inflections
2 entriesmore mucosalmost mucosal
Derivations
3 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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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