mucification means the modification of epithelial cells to secrete mucus. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From muci- + -ification.
noun
- The modification of epithelial cells to secrete mucus.“The outer stratum mucification layer is composed of epithelial cells containing mucin vacuoles and overlies an eosinophilic-staining stratum corneum showing artifactual intra-layer separation of the cornified cells.”