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mucocele

mucocele noun: an enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or edema of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter.

Noun

mucocele (plural mucoceles)

  1. An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or edema of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter.

mucocele meaning in Tamil

mucocele in Tamil

சீதப்பை

Forms of mucocele

pluralmucoceles

Origin of mucocele

From muco- + -cele.

Questions about mucocele

What does mucocele mean?
Mucocele means an enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or edema of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter.
What is mucocele in Tamil?
Mucocele in Tamil is சீதப்பை. See Mucocele meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mucocele?
Mucocele is a noun.
What is the plural of mucocele?
The plural of mucocele is mucoceles.

Words near mucocele in the dictionary

  1. mucoadhesivity
  2. mucoaqueous
  3. mucobloody
  4. mucocartilage
  5. mucocartilages
  6. mucocele
  7. mucoceles
  8. mucocellular
  9. mucociliar
  10. mucociliary
  11. mucociliated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mucocele (page history and authors); mucocele (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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