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What is the adjective for mucins?

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mucific
  1. (medicine) Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous.
  2. (biology) Secreting mucus.
mucal
  1. Mucous, mucosal: of or pertaining to mucus or the production thereof.
mucigenous
  1. (physiology) Connected with the formation of mucin or mucus; resembling mucin.
  2. Synonyms:
muciparous
  1. Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The latter have no muciparous glands like the former, in which they are very copious.”
      “With the persistence of the secretion there results a destruction and a new formation of the muciparous cells.”
mucilaginous
  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling mucus; slimy and viscous.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The mucilaginous character of Comfrey root renders it useful in coughs and diarrheal complaints.”
      “All cyanobacteria are unicellular, though many grow in colonies or filaments, often surrounded by a gelatinous or mucilaginous sheath.”
      “The root is thick, branching and mucilaginous, and has a warm, bitter taste and a camphoraceous odour.”
muculent
mucigenic
  1. Promoting the formation of mucus.
muciferous
  1. Producing or secreting mucus.
mucinous
  1. Of, pertaining to or containing mucin.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Minor salivary glands of mucinous type are also located in the nose, paranasal sinuses, the larynx, trachea and bronchi.”
      “Fine-needle aspiration revealed the presence of fragments of adipose tissue and mucinous material with spindle cells.”
      “Additionally, mucinous cystadenocarcinomas often have papillary projections and mural nodules that may correlate with areas of malignancy.”
mucusy
  1. Resembling, or full of, mucus.
mucussy
  1. Alternative form of mucusy
muciform
  1. Resembling mucus.
mucinlike
  1. Resembling mucin.
mucusless
  1. Without mucus.
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