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MUCOCUTANEOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the mucous membranes and skin
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
mucous membrane (mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior)
skin (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)
Context examples:
Rare chronic inflammatory disease involving the small blood vessels; of unknown etiology and characterized by mucocutaneous ulceration in the mouth and genital region and uveitis with hypopyon; the neuroocular form may cause blindness and death; synovitis, thrombophlebitis, gastrointestinal ulcerations, retinal vasculitis, and optic atrophy may occur as well.
(Behcet syndrome, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
The disease comes in three forms: visceral (the most severe form), cutaneous (the most common), and mucocutaneous.
(Study uncovers cause of aggressive leishmaniasis strain, SciDev.Net)
Cutaneous leishmaniasis causes skin ulcers; mucocutaneous leishmaniasis causes destructive lesions of the mucous membranes of the nose, mouth, and throat; visceral leishmaniasis is the most severe form of the disease and is manifested with anemia, weight loss, hepatomegaly and splenomegaly.
(Leishmaniasis, NCI Thesaurus)
The mucocutaneous form disfigures the face of affected patients by spreading through mucous membranes of the nose, mouth and throat, and may eventually lead to death from secondary infection.
(Study uncovers cause of aggressive leishmaniasis strain, SciDev.Net)
Biologist Dario Zamboni, of the University of São Paulo's Ribeirão Preto Medical School, said: Our study demonstrates that the presence of the virus increases by at least three times the possibility of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, which destroys and disfigures a patient’s face.
(Study uncovers cause of aggressive leishmaniasis strain, SciDev.Net)
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