mucoadhesiveness

noun

The condition of being mucoadhesive

OriginEnglish mucoadhesive ← French adhésif ← Medieval Latin adhaesivu →
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Meanings

nounmucoadhesiveness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe condition of being mucoadhesive

    Moreover, as a species with some proclivity for motility, but not having any strong mucoadhesiveness, L.

    2015 December 29, “Human Gut-Commensalic Lactobacillus ruminis ATCC 25644 Displays Sortase-Assembled Surface Piliation: Phenotypic Characterization of Its Fimbrial Operon through In Silico Predictive Analysis and Recombinant Expression in Lactococcus lactis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)mewk-
  2. Proto-Italic*moukos
  3. Latinmūcus
  4. Englishmuco-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  6. Proto-Italic*ad
  7. Proto-Italic*ad-
  8. Latinad-
  9. Latinhaereō
  10. Latinadhaereō
  11. Medieval Latinadhaesivu
  12. Frenchadhésif
  13. Englishadhesive
  14. Englishmucoadhesive
  15. Englishmucoadhesiveness

From mucoadhesive + -ness.

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APA

mucoadhesiveness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucoadhesiveness

MLA

“mucoadhesiveness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucoadhesiveness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mucoadhesiveness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucoadhesiveness.

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