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Webster 1913 Edition


Mucigen

Mu′ci-gen

,
Noun.
[
Muc
in +
-gen
.]
(Physiol.)
A substance which is formed in mucous epithelial cells, and gives rise to mucin.

Definition 2024


mucigen

mucigen

English

Noun

mucigen (countable and uncountable, plural mucigens)

  1. (physiology) A substance formed in mucous epithelial cells that gives rise to mucin.