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mucinolytic

mucinolytic adjective: that dissolves, breaks down or hydrolyses mucins.

Adjective

mucinolytic (not comparable)

  1. That dissolves, breaks down or hydrolyses mucins

Origin of mucinolytic

From mucin + -lytic.

Questions about mucinolytic

What does mucinolytic mean?
Mucinolytic means that dissolves, breaks down or hydrolyses mucins.
What part of speech is mucinolytic?
Mucinolytic is an adjective.

Words near mucinolytic in the dictionary

  1. mucinogen
  2. mucinogens
  3. mucinoid
  4. mucinoids
  5. mucinolysis
  6. mucinolytic
  7. mucinoses
  8. mucinosis
  9. mucinous
  10. mucins
  11. muciparous

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