English Explanatory Dictionary

mucoadhesive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. That adheres to a mucous membrane.
noun
  1. Any drug that adheres to a mucous membrane

Word forms

mucoadhesive more mucoadhesive most mucoadhesive mucoadhesives

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.

Related words

mucoadhesion mucoadhesiveness

Derived words

nonmucoadhesive
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