mucociliary
Physiology
adjective
Designating or relating to a layer of mucus overlying a ciliated epithelium, which can be moved, together with any trapped foreign particles, in a particular direction by the action of the cilia.
Origin
1960s.
- extraconstitutional
- extracorporeal
- extra cover
- extract
- extractability
- extractable
- extraction
- extractive
- extractor
- extracurricular
- extracurricularly
- extraditable
- extradite
- extradition
- extrados
- extradural
- extrafamilial
- extrafloral
- extragalactic
- extra innings
- extrajudicial
- extrajudicially
- extra large
- extralegal
- extralimital