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mucification Physiol.|mjuːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
[f. mucus + -ification.]
Transformation (of epithelial cells) into mucus-secreting cells.
1930Proc. R. Soc. Edin. L. 88 Mucification..is typical of the second phase of the genital cycle; it always accompanies true or pseudo-pregnancy. 1957Brit. Jrnl. Radiol. XXX. 243/1 The intermediate cells did not cornify but instead differentiated into mucus-secreting cells, the mucification being most marked on the third and fourth days after the end of treatment. 1973Nature 9 Feb. 398/1 Progesterone administered for 9 weeks..to..3-month-old mice induced a strong intracellular reaction of mucification along the vaginal mucosa.
So ˈmucify v. intr., to undergo mucification; ˈmucified ppl. a.; ˈmucifying ppl. a.
1930Proc. R. Soc. Edin. L. 95 On sectioning, the wall was found to be thickened and lined with a mucified epithelium. 1941Endocrinology XXVIII. 314, 72 to 96 hours are required for the mucified vagina to become fully cornified after the influence of the corpus luteum hormone has been removed. 1962Brit. Jrnl. Cancer XVI. 648 Castration and progestational hormones have a mucifying effect on the cervico-vaginal epithelium of mice. 1973Nature 9 Feb. 398/1 It is well known that ambivalent cells of the vaginal squamous epithelium..mucify when progesterone acts synergically with oestrogen. |