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mucinoid

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mucinoid /mu·ci·noid/ (mu´sĭ-noid) resembling or pertaining to mucin.
mu·cin·oid (mys-noid)
adj.
Resembling mucin.

mucinoid
[myo̅o̅′sinoid]
Etymology: L, mucus + Gk, eidos, form
1 resembling mucin.
2 See mucoid, def. 2.

mucinoid [mu´sĭ-noid]
1. resembling mucin.
2. mucoid (def. 2).

mucinoid
1. resembling mucin.
2. mucoid (2).


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Gastric ulcers seem to develop when the protective mucinoid lining in an area is destroyed by digestive juices containing hydrochloric acid, to the point that the lining does not regenerate.
 
 
 
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