Etymology

sialomucin

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Today it means: Any mucin derived from sialic acid Full definition →

English mucin ← Ancient Greek σῐ́ᾰλον (sĭ́ălon)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekσῐ́ᾰλον (sĭ́ălon)
  2. Englishsialo-
  3. Englishmucin
  4. English todaysialomucin

From sialo- + mucin.

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