mucigenicadj.
/ˌmjuːsɪˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˌmjusəˈdʒɛnɪk/ Physiology.
= mucigenous adj. 1.
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pituita1598
pituitary1615
lymphatic1649
conglomerated1656
conglobate1666
conglomerate1666
conglobated1676
lymphic1681
conglobulate1709
sudoriferous1713
sudorific1721
sebaceous1728
trajectory1747
cryptal1754
cryptous1804
muciparous1825
racemose1834
racemiform1837
ganglionary1842
muciferous1842
sudoriparous1851
sebiparous1853
racemous1854
sebiferous1858
perilymphangial1873
lymphadenoid1877
perilymphatic1877
mucigenous1881
pituital1890
tubuloracemosec1900
acinic1903
holocrine1905
merocrine1905
exocrine1911
endocrine1914
endocrinic1914
endocrinous1914
endocrinal1923
apocrine1926
eccrine1931
psychoendocrine1946
acinar1949
nodal1954
mucigenic1965
1965 Jrnl. Cell Biol. 27 67/1 The structures containing the amorphous material are variously referred to as protrichocysts.., mucoid trichocysts.., mucigenic bodies.., or secretory ampules.
1978 Histochem. Jrnl. 10 309 Techniques for demonstrating hexoses ultrastructurally stained all Golgi cisternae in the mucigenic epithelium.
1990 Jrnl. Morphol. 203 87 The epithelium of all papillae consists almost entirely of mucigenic cells.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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