mucophagy

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noun

The consumption of mucus.

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Meanings

nounmucophagy (uncountable)

alternative mucophagia

  1. uncountableThe consumption of mucus.

    Dr. Bischinger describes mucophagy—the act of eating one's own extracted mucus—as “making great sense medically and a perfectly natural thing to do."

    2011, Karl Shaw, 10 Ways to Recycle a Corpse, page 19

Origin

From muco- + -phagy.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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