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MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE

Specialty Definition: MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE

DomainDefinition

Health

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. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE

Language Translations for "MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

tracheale mukoziliäre Klärgeschwindigkeit (tracheal mucociliary clearance velocity). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ucociliarymay earanceclay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Bibliography


  

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