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mucoadhesivity

noun

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 Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English adhesivity English mucoadhesivity From muco- + adhesivity.

  1. derived from adhaesivus
  2. derived from adhésif
  3. suffixed as adhesivity — “adhesive + ity”
  4. prefixed as mucoadhesivity — “muco + adhesivity”

Definitions

  1. The condition of being mucoadhesive

The neighborhood

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