English Explanatory Dictionary

mucinosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a group of cutaneous diseases caused by fibroblasts producing abnormally large amounts of acid mucopolysaccharides (i.e. mucin), usually hyaluronic acid

Word forms

mucinosis mucinoses

Etymology

From mucin + -osis.

Derived words

adenomucinosis mucinoma
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