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mucostasis

mucostasis noun: the state of the mucosal tissue of the jaws when in a resting position.

Noun

mucostasis (uncountable)

  1. The state of the mucosal tissue of the jaws when in a resting position

Origin of mucostasis

From muco- + stasis.

Questions about mucostasis

What does mucostasis mean?
Mucostasis means the state of the mucosal tissue of the jaws when in a resting position.
What part of speech is mucostasis?
Mucostasis is a noun.

Words near mucostasis in the dictionary

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

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