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mucociliary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables
mu-cocil-iary
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the action of cilia in transporting mucus.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcus New Latinder. English muco- English ciliary English mucociliary From muco- + ciliary.

Phrases

mucociliary blanket mucociliary escalator mucociliary ladder mucociliary transport

Rhymes With

auxiliary biliary ciliary domiciliary miliary superciliary atrabiliary supraciliary nasociliary iridociliary nobiliary retinociliary

Questions

What does mucociliary mean?
Of or pertaining to the action of cilia in transporting mucus.
Where does mucociliary come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcus New Latinder. English muco- English ciliary English mucociliary From muco- + ciliary.

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