mucification

mucification
A change produced in the vaginal mucosa of spayed experimental animals following stimulation with estrogen; characterized by the formation of tall columnar cells secreting mucus. [L. mucus + facio, to make]

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mu·ci·fi·ca·tion .myü-sə-fə-'kā-shən n the transformation of epithelial cells into mucus-secreting cells <vaginal \mucification>

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mu·ci·fi·ca·tion (mu″sĭ-fĭ-kaґshən) the mucus-producing changes in the vaginal epithelium of laboratory animals during the progestational stage of the ovarian cycle.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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