"mucification" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mucifications [plural]
Etymology: muci- + -ification Etymology templates: {{confix|en|muci|ification}} muci- + -ification Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mucification (countable and uncountable, plural mucifications)
  1. The modification of epithelial cells to secrete mucus Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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