mucific
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mucus + Latin -ficare (“to make”) (in comparative). See -fy.
Adjective[edit]
mucific (comparative more mucific, superlative most mucific)
- (medicine, archaic) Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous.
- (biology, archaic) Secreting mucus.
- Synonym: muciferous
References[edit]
- “mucific”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.