subˈmucous, a.
[ad. mod.L. submūcōsus.]
1. Path. [sub- 21.] Somewhat mucous; partly consisting of or attended by mucus; of an indistinctly mucous character.
| 1684 tr. 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]. 1904 Appleton's Med. Dict. s.v. Râle, Subcrepitant r., Submucous r., a fine moist, bubbling sound, heard in inspiration or expiration or both. |
2. [sub- 1 b.] a. Anat. Situated beneath the mucous membrane; pertaining to the submucosa.
| 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 180/2 The submucous tissue in the vicinity of the anus is very loose. 1847–9 Ibid. IV. i. 134/2 The submucous tissue of the gall-bladder. 1881 Mivart Cat 27 The mucous membrane is connected with the subjacent parts by submucous areolar tissue. 1902 Hughes & Keith Man. Pract. Anat. iii. 137 The submucous tissue of the lip. |
b. Path. and Surg. Occurring or introduced under the mucous membrane; affecting the submucosa.
| 1875 tr. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. X. 232 The submucous fibroid, growing inward into the cavity of the uterus. 1876 Ibid. IV. 96 Submucous injections. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 31 Submucous abscesses the size of a bean in the wall of the stomach. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 962 Submucous hæmorrhages, leading to ulceration. |