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 ormucin .
Etymologies
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mucus + Latin parere to produce.
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Examples
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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).
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