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mucophagy

mucophagy noun: the consumption of mucus.

Noun

mucophagy (uncountable)

  1. The consumption of mucus.
    • Dr. Bischinger describes mucophagy—the act of eating one's own extracted mucus—as “making great sense medically and a perfectly natural thing to do."2011, Karl Shaw, 10 Ways to Recycle a Corpse, page 19

Forms of mucophagy

alternative formmucophagia

Origin of mucophagy

From muco- + -phagy.

Questions about mucophagy

What does mucophagy mean?
Mucophagy means the consumption of mucus.
What part of speech is mucophagy?
Mucophagy is a noun.

Words near mucophagy in the dictionary

  1. mucopexy
  2. mucophage
  3. mucophages
  4. mucophagia
  5. mucophagic
  6. mucophagy
  7. mucoplasties
  8. mucoplasty
  9. mucopolysaccaridosis
  10. mucopolysaccharase
  11. mucopolysaccharases

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