Medical Definition of Mucociliary clearance

1. Rate of ciliary and secretory activity of the respiratory submucosal glands. It is a non-specific host defense mechanism, measurable in vivo by mucus transfer, ciliary beat frequency, and clearance of radioactive tracers. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mucociliary Clearance

muckworms
mucky pup
mucky pups
mucluc
muclucs
muco-
mucoactive
mucoadhesion
mucoadhesive
mucoalbuminous cells
mucobuccal fold
mucocele
mucoceles
mucociliary
mucociliary clearance (current term)
mucoclasis
mucocolitis
mucocutaneous
mucocutaneous junction
mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
mucocyst
mucoenteritis
mucoepidermoid
mucoepidermoid carcinoma
mucoepidermoid tumour

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