Producing or secreting mucus. SYN: blennogenic, blennogenous, mucid, muciferous, mucigenous, mucilaginous (2). [mucin + L. pario, to bring forth, bear]
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mu·cip·a·rous myü-'sip-ə-rəs adj secreting mucus <\muciparous cells>
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mu·cip·a·rous (mu-sipґə-rəs) [muci- + -parous] producing or secreting mucus. Called also blennogenic, blennogenous, muciferous, and mucigenous.Medical dictionary. 2011.