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