Etymology

mucoadhesion

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Today it means: adhesion to a mucous membrane Full definition →

English adhesion ← French adhésion ← Latin mūcus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)mewk-
  2. Proto-Italic*moukos
  3. Latinmūcus
  4. Englishmuco-
  5. Frenchadhésion
  6. Englishadhesion
  7. English todaymucoadhesion

From muco- + adhesion.

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