Definition of Mucolytic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Mucolytic

1. Destroying or dissolving mucin, an agent that so acts: a mucopolysaccharide or glycoprotein, the chief constituent of mucus. Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mucolytic

mucoid
mucoidal
mucoids
mucoid adenocarcinoma
mucoid colony
mucoid degeneration
mucoid impaction of bronchus
mucoid medial degeneration
mucolipidosis
mucolipidosis I
mucolipidosis II
mucolipidosis III
mucolipidosis IV
mucolysis
mucolytic (current term)
mucolytic (current term)
mucomembranous
mucomembranous enteritis
muconate
muconate cycloisomerase
muconic
muconolactone delta-isomerase
mucopeptide
mucopeptide
mucopeptides
mucopeptide glycohydrolase
mucoperichondrial flap
mucoperiosteal
mucoperiosteal flap
mucoperiosteum

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