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mucification

mucification noun: the modification of epithelial cells to secrete mucus.

Noun

mucification (countable and uncountable, plural mucifications)

  1. The modification of epithelial cells to secrete mucus.
    • The outer stratum mucification layer is composed of epithelial cells containing mucin vacuoles and overlies an eosinophilic-staining stratum corneum showing artifactual intra-layer separation of the cornified cells.2015 August 30, Ashley R. Styczynski et al., “In vitro antiretroviral activity and in vivo toxicity of the potential topical microbicide copper phthalocyanine sulfate”, in Virology Journal, volume...

Forms of mucification

pluralmucifications

Origin of mucification

From muci- + -ification.

Questions about mucification

What does mucification mean?
Mucification means the modification of epithelial cells to secrete mucus.
What part of speech is mucification?
Mucification is a noun.
What is the plural of mucification?
The plural of mucification is mucifications.

Words near mucification in the dictionary

  1. mucidity
  2. mucidness
  3. mucidous
  4. muciferous
  5. mucific
  6. mucification
  7. mucifications
  8. muciform
  9. mucigel
  10. mucigels
  11. mucigen

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