Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mucoadhesive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mu-coad-he-sive
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That adheres to a mucous membrane.

noun

Any drug that adheres to a mucous membrane

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcus New Latinder. English muco- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin adhaesivusbor. French adhésifder. English adhesive English mucoadhesive From muco- + adhesive.

Inflected Forms

more mucoadhesive (comparative) most mucoadhesive (superlative) mucoadhesives (plural)

Derived Forms

nonmucoadhesive

Frequently Paired Words

mucoadhesion mucoadhesiveness

Questions

What does mucoadhesive mean?: That adheres to a mucous membrane.
Where does mucoadhesive come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcus New Latinder. English muco- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin adhaesivusbor. French adhésifder. English adhesive English mucoadhesive From muco- + adhesive.

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