a. [ad. mod.L. submūcōsus.]

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  1.  Path. [SUB- 20.] Somewhat mucous; partly consisting of or attended by mucus; of an indistinctly mucous character.

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1684.  trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., I. 34. If both the Part be pained, and the Flesh be submucous [orig. (ten Rhyne) si simul dolorosus sit locus et caro submucosa].

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1904.  Appleton’s Med. Dict., s.v. Râle, Subcrepitant r., Submucous r., a fine moist, bubbling sound, heard in inspiration or expiration or both.

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  2.  [SUB- 1 b.] a. Anat. Situated beneath the mucous membrane; pertaining to the submucosa.

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1835–6.  Todd’s Cycl. Anat., I. 180/2. The submucous tissue in the vicinity of the anus is very loose. Ibid. (1847–9), IV. I. 134/2. The submucous tissue of the gall-bladder.

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1881.  Mivart, Cat, 27. The mucous membrane is connected with the subjacent parts by submucous areolar tissue.

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1902.  Hughes & Keith, Man. Pract. Anat., III. 137. The submucous tissue of the lip.

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  b.  Path. and Surg. Occurring or introduced under the mucous membrane; affecting the submucosa.

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1875.  trans. von Ziemssen’s Cycl. Med., X. 232. The submucous fibroid, growing inward into the cavity of the uterus. Ibid. (1876), IV. 96. Submucous injections.

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1879.  St. George’s Hosp. Rep., IX. 31. Submucous abscesses the size of a bean in the wall of the stomach.

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1897.  Allbutt’s Syst. Med., III. 962. Submucous hæmorrhages, leading to ulceration.

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