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mucigenous

/mjuːˈsɪd͡ʒɪnəs/

mucigenous adjective: connected with the formation of mucin or mucus.

Adjective

mucigenous (comparative more mucigenous, superlative most mucigenous)

  1. Connected with the formation of mucin or mucus.
    • The mucigenous basis is manufactured at the expense of the ordinary protoplasm of the cell.1876, Michael Foster, A Textbook of Physiology
  2. resembling mucin

Forms of mucigenous

comparativemore mucigenous
superlativemost mucigenous

Origin of mucigenous

From muci- + -genous.

Questions about mucigenous

What does mucigenous mean?
Mucigenous means connected with the formation of mucin or mucus.
What part of speech is mucigenous?
Mucigenous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce mucigenous?
Mucigenous is pronounced /mjuːˈsɪd͡ʒɪnəs/.

Words near mucigenous in the dictionary

  1. muciform
  2. mucigel
  3. mucigels
  4. mucigen
  5. mucigenic
  6. mucigenous
  7. mucigens
  8. mucilage
  9. mucilages
  10. mucilaginous
  11. mucilaginously

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