n :  modified mucous membrane forming the epithelial part of the olfactory organ
 
Schnei•der, Conrad Victor (1614-1680), German anatomist. Schneider was professor of medicine at Wittenberg. In 1660 he published a work on catarrh in which he described the nasal mucous membrane, now known as the Schneiderian membrane.
 
 
 
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