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mumijo

mumijo noun: synonym of shilajit.

mumijo: synonym of shilajit
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Noun

mumijo (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of shilajit.
    • Native mumijo commonly used in traditional medicine is a brown to blackish-brown exudation of variable consistencies that seeps from rock layers of different mountain regions.2012, A.I. Konstantinov, “Molecular Composition Study of Mumijo from Different Geographic Areas Using Size-Exclusion Chromatography, NMR Spectroscopy, and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry”, in...
    Synonyms:
    shilajit

Synonyms of mumijo

Forms of mumijo

alternative formmoomiyo
alternative formmumiyo

Origin of mumijo

From Russian мумиё (mumijó), from Tajik мӯмиё (mümiyo) or мумиё (mumiyo), ultimately from Persian مومیا (mumiyâ). Doublet of mummy.

Questions about mumijo

What does mumijo mean?
Mumijo means synonym of shilajit.
What part of speech is mumijo?
Mumijo is a noun.

Words near mumijo in the dictionary

  1. mumhood
  2. mumhoods
  3. mumian
  4. mumie
  5. mumies
  6. mumijo
  7. Mumin
  8. Mumins
  9. mumiyo
  10. mumly
  11. mumm

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