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mucifications

mucifications is the plural of mucification.

Meaning of mucification

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...

Questions about mucifications

What is mucifications the plural of?
Mucifications is the plural of mucification.

Words near mucifications in the dictionary

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

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