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mucociliary
mucociliary adj. 
/ˌmjukoʊˈsɪliˌɛri/ Physiology designating or relating to a layer of mucus overlying a ciliated epithelium, which can be moved, together with any trapped foreign particles, in a particular direction by the action of the cilia.
Brit. /ˌmjuːkə(ʊ)ˈsɪlɪəri/
, /ˌmjuːkə(ʊ)ˈsɪlɪəri/U.S. /ˌmjukəˈsɪliˌɛri/
, /ˌmjukəˈsɪliˌɛri//ˌmjukoʊˈsɪliˌɛri/ΘΚΠ
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1961 Bacteriol. Rev. 25 235/1 The activity or function of the mucociliary system in the upper respiratory tract is important in response to the infection.
1963 Science 20 Dec. 1573/1 The disposal of foreign particles from the bronchopulmonary tree is most often attributed to the cleansing actions of the muco-ciliary stream..and alveolar phagocytes.
1977 Brit. Jrnl. Exper. Pathol. 58 9 The mucociliary escalator is a significant route of excretion of PbO from the respiratory tract.
1983 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 219 65 The algae were rapidly taken into the coelenteric cavity of the scyphistomae by muco-ciliary action.
1998 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 43 741 Particles are captured by direct interception with the ctenidial filament and then transported along the frontal surface of the filament by mucociliary processes.
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