us â /sneÉr/. âº a device for catching small animals, usually with a rope or wire that tightens around the animal. âº A snare is also a trick or situation that deceives you or involves you unexpectedly in a problem: The legal system is full of snares for the unwary.
Mucosa â Noun â another term for mucous membrane; a membrane lining all body passages that communicate with the air, such as the respiratory and alimentary tracts, and having cells and associated glands that secrete mucus. The plural is âmucosae.â Example: Pollen makes my nasal mucosa feel itchy.
GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Mucin(n.) (Physiol. Chem.) Any of a class of high molecular weight glycoproteins which are contained in mucus, and give to the latter secretion its peculiar ropy character. They are found in all the secretions from mucous glands, and also between the fibers of connective tissue, as in tendons.