mucigenousadj.
/mjuːˈsɪdʒᵻnəs/, /mjuːˈsɪdʒn̩əs/, U.S. /mjuˈsɪdʒənəs/ Physiology.
1. Containing mucigen; producing mucus.
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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
1881 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 172 668 The outer portion of the sub-cubical cells also consists mainly of mucigen. The two kinds of cells, then, resemble one another in having a protoplasmic inner portion and a mucigenous outer portion.
1888 Nature 13 Dec. 168/1 Out of the breeding season none of these mucigenous cells are to be found in the kidneys.
1972 Jrnl. Morphol. 137 71/2 Much of the total gastric surface area in the camelid is occupied by a mucigenous glandular mucosa.
1996 Prostate 29 51 The adenomas contained variable gland formation, with..evidence of secretory, mucigenous, neuroendocrine, transitional, and squamous cell differentiation.
2. Of the nature of mucigen. rare.
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mucigenous1886
centrosomic1895
chromosomal1895
microsomal1897
lipochondrial1946
kinetosomal1949
microsomal1951
lysosomal1957
ribosomal1959
microtubular1963
peroxisomal1967
phagolysosomal1975
phagosomal1975
1886 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. II. 448/2 The transparent mucigenous..substance has almost wholly disappeared.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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