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mucoepithelial

mucoepithelial adjective: relating to mucous membranes and epithelia.

Adjective

mucoepithelial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to mucous membranes and epithelia

Origin of mucoepithelial

From muco- + epithelial.

Questions about mucoepithelial

What does mucoepithelial mean?
Mucoepithelial means relating to mucous membranes and epithelia.
What part of speech is mucoepithelial?
Mucoepithelial is an adjective.

Words near mucoepithelial in the dictionary

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

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