Mucin meaning

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Any of a group of glycoproteins found especially in the secretions of mucous membranes.
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Any of a group of glycoproteins found especially in the secretions of mucous membranes.
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(biochemistry) Any of several glycoproteins found in mucus.
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Any of various glycoproteins in connective tissue, saliva, mucus, etc., that lubricate and protect the body.
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Sentence Examples

  • By mucoid is understood a soft gelatinous substance containing mucin, or pseudomucin, which is normally secreted by the epithelial cells of both the mucous membranes and glands.

  • Mucin is known in the cell-sap of Acetabularia.

  • adenocarcinoma with mucin production.

  • It consists of columnar epithelium but the individual cells lack cytoplasmic mucin although they are able to secrete mucin.

  • Metastatic mucin producing adenocarcinoma Now a little background: Aug 5, 2004 a colonscopy (spelling?

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