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mucoepidermoid

mucoepidermoid adjective: relating to both epithelial and mucus-secreting cells.

Adjective

mucoepidermoid (not comparable)

  1. Relating to both epithelial and mucus-secreting cells

Origin of mucoepidermoid

From muco- + epidermoid.

Words formed from mucoepidermoid

  • mucoepidermoid carcinoma

Questions about mucoepidermoid

What does mucoepidermoid mean?
Mucoepidermoid means relating to both epithelial and mucus-secreting cells.
What part of speech is mucoepidermoid?
Mucoepidermoid is an adjective.

Words near mucoepidermoid in the dictionary

  1. mucocystic
  2. mucocysts
  3. mucocyte
  4. mucocytes
  5. mucodepletion
  6. mucoepidermoid
  7. mucoepithelial
  8. mucofibrinous
  9. mucofibrous
  10. mucoflocculent
  11. mucogenesis

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