| mucific | 1. <medicine> Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous. 2. <physiology> Secreting mucus. Origin: Mucus + L. -ficare (in comp) to make. See -fy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| mucification | A change produced in the vaginal mucosa of spayed experimental animals following stimulation with oestrogen; characterised by the formation of tall columnar cells secreting mucus. Origin: L. Mucus + facio, to make (05 Mar 2000) |