mucific

English

Etymology

From mucus + Latin -ficare (“to make”) (in comparative). See -fy.

Adjective

mucific (comparative more mucific, superlative most mucific)

1. (medicine, archaic) Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous.
2. (biology, archaic) Secreting mucus.

   Synonym: muciferous

References

• “mucific”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.