Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mucoadhesion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mu-coad-he-sion
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

adhesion to a mucous membrane

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcus New Latinder. English muco- French adhésionder. English adhesion English mucoadhesion From muco- + adhesion.

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What does mucoadhesion mean?
adhesion to a mucous membrane
Where does mucoadhesion come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcus New Latinder. English muco- French adhésionder. English adhesion English mucoadhesion From muco- + adhesion.

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