muciparousadj.
/mjuːˈsɪp(ə)rəs/, U.S. /mjuˈsɪpərəs/ Zoology and Medicine.
Producing or secreting 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
1825 Lancet 22 Jan. 84/2 The muciparous follicles are scattered at different distances in the substance of the sub-mucous cellular tissue.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 310/1 The pituitary membrane..displays numerous pores of muciparous glands.
1884 Proc. Royal Soc. 38 6 The parotid gland..now takes up a muciparous function, and produces quantities of mucin.
1955 Amer. Midland Naturalist 54 398 (caption) Muciparous gland.
1969 Arch. Dermatol. 100 23/2 Muciparous cells, singly or in glands, are found in the integument of fishes and amphibians but not in aquatic mammals such as whales.
1997 Cancer Immunol. & Immunotherapy 44 125 The colon showed an increased number of muciparous cells.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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