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mucosotrophic

mucosotrophic adjective: obtaining nourishment from a mucous membrane. Also the misspelling of mucosotropic.

Adjective

mucosotrophic (comparative more mucosotrophic, superlative most mucosotrophic)

  1. Obtaining nourishment from a mucous membrane

Also used as

mucosotrophic is also the misspelling of mucosotropic.

Forms of mucosotrophic

comparativemore mucosotrophic
superlativemost mucosotrophic

Origin of mucosotrophic

From mucoso- + -trophic.

Questions about mucosotrophic

What does mucosotrophic mean?
Mucosotrophic means obtaining nourishment from a mucous membrane.
What part of speech is mucosotrophic?
Mucosotrophic is an adjective.

Words near mucosotrophic in the dictionary

  1. mucosopexies
  2. mucosopexy
  3. mucosoplasties
  4. mucosoplasty
  5. mucosopurulent
  6. mucosotrophic
  7. mucosotropic
  8. mucostasis
  9. mucostatic
  10. mucosubstance
  11. mucosubstances

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