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mucociliar

mucociliar is the alternative form of mucociliary.

Meaning of mucociliary

Adjective

mucociliary (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the action of cilia in transporting mucus.
    • Most inhaled uranium that reaches the lungs is eliminated via mucociliary clearance.

Questions about mucociliar

What is mucociliar the alternative form of?
Mucociliar is the alternative form of mucociliary.

Words near mucociliar in the dictionary

  1. mucocartilage
  2. mucocartilages
  3. mucocele
  4. mucoceles
  5. mucocellular
  6. mucociliar
  7. mucociliary
  8. mucociliated
  9. mucocilliary
  10. mucocomplex
  11. mucocomplexes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mucociliar (page history and authors); mucociliary (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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