Definitions for mucins

mucins mu·cin

Spelling: [myoo-sin]
IPA: /ˈmyu sɪn/

Mucins is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in mucins (cimnsu).

Definitions for mucins

noun

  1. any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.

Origin of mucins

First recorded in 1825-35; muc- + -in2

Examples for mucins

At the outset, however, the mucin escapes from the cells, the latter remaining relatively intact.

This fibrillation of mucus is regarded as the result of a coagulation of its mucin, previously held in solution by an alkali.

This skeleton was composed of hard cartilage, and arose in white fibrous tissue containing gelatin rather than mucin.

From these and other tests used the conclusion was reached that these membranes were composed essentially of mucin.

In mucous tissue, however, there is present mucin, wholly independent of any epithelial degeneration.

A tumor of stellate or polyhedral cells in a matrix of mucin.

The nest-substance, as he unhesitatingly states, is composed of mucin, or of a body closely related to it.

Word Value for mucins
Scrable

9

Words with friends

13

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