submucous (submukus)

1. Consisting in part of mucus, as a secretion; also, of a character between mucous membrane and ordinary skin, as the red part of the lips.-2. Lying ng be neath mucous membrane. See submucosa.— Submucous coat. Same as submucosa. - Submucous cystitis, cystitis affecting the submucosa of the urinary bladder.-Submucous râles, ráles produced in medium sized bronchial tubes of an indistinctly mucous character. sub mucronate (sub-mu'kro-nat), a. In zool., imperfectly mucronate; having an imperfect IMG:content-2377.png:[blocks in formation] number which divides another without a re mainder, or is an aliquot part of it: thus, 7 is a submultiple of 56. II. a. Noting a number or quantity which is exactly contained in another number or quantity an exact number of times: as, a sub multi ple number.- Submultiple ratio. See ratio . sub mundane (sub-mun'dan), a. Existing under the world; underground; subterranean. sub muscular (sub-mus kū-lär), a. Situated beneath a muscle. sub narcotic (sub-när-kot'ik), a. Moderately narcotic. subnasal (sub-nā'zal), a. Situated at the bottom of or under the nose; specifically, situated at the base of the anterior nasal spine. Subnasal point, in craniom., the middle of the inferior border of the anterior nares, or the root of the anterior nasal spine. See cut under craniometry.