Medical Definition of Mucociliary clearance

1. Rate of ciliary and secretory activity of the respiratory submucosal glands. It is a non-specific host defense mechanism, measurable in vivo by mucus transfer, ciliary beat frequency, and clearance of radioactive tracers. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mucociliary Clearance

mucks
muckworm
muckworm
muckworms
mucky
muck about
muck around
muck up
mucluc
muclucs
muco-
mucoalbuminous cells
mucobuccal fold
mucocele
mucociliary
mucociliary clearance (current term)
mucoclasis
mucocolitis
mucocolpos
mucocutaneous
mucocutaneous
mucocutaneous junction
mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
mucocutaneous muscle
mucocyst
mucoenteritis
mucoepidermoid

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