Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Secreting or producing mucus. Also mucigenous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Physiol.) Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin.

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  • adjective Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin.

Etymologies

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mucus + Latin parere to produce.

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Examples

  • The part of the dorsum of the tongue in front of this groove, forming about two-thirds of its surface, looks upward, and is rough and covered with papillæ; the posterior third looks backward, and is smoother, and contains numerous muciparous glands and lymph follicles (lingual tonsil).

    XI. Splanchnology. 2a. The Mouth 1918

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