"mucific" meaning in English

See mucific in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more mucific [comparative], most mucific [superlative]
Etymology: From mucus + Latin -ficare (“to make”) (in comparative). See -fy. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-ficare||to make}} Latin -ficare (“to make”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} mucific (comparative more mucific, superlative most mucific)
  1. (medicine, archaic) Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-mucific-en-adj-fyvQkHjD Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (biology, archaic) Secreting mucus. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Biology Synonyms: muciferous
    Sense id: en-mucific-en-adj-WgCTibyL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 78 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 28 72 Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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