mucific

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English

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Etymology

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From mucus + Latin -ficare (to make) (in comparative). See -fy.

Adjective

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mucific (comparative more mucific, superlative most mucific)

  1. (medicine, archaic) Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous.
  2. (biology, archaic) Secreting mucus.
    Synonym: muciferous

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