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  • adjective medicine, especially of a drug That adheres to a mucous membrane
  • noun medicine Any drug that adheres to a mucous membrane

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Examples

  • A bio (muco) adhesive polymer is a natural or a synthetic polymer capable of producing an adhesive interaction with a biological membrane, which is then called a bioadhesive polymer, or with the mucus lining on the GI mucosal membrane, which is thus called a mucoadhesive polymer.

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  • MuGard is a novel; ready-to-use mucoadhesive oral wound rinse and coating for the management of oral mucositis , a debilitating side effect of many anticancer treatments.

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  • MuGard is a novel; ready-to-use mucoadhesive oral wound rinse and coating for the management of oral mucositis , a debilitating side effect of many anticancer treatments.

    unknown title 2011

  • MuGard is a novel; ready-to-use mucoadhesive oral wound rinse and coating for the management of oral mucositis , a debilitating side effect of many anticancer treatments.

    unknown title 2011

  • MuGard is a mucoadhesive oral wound rinse and coating that has been shown to be very effective in the management of 11:00 am EDT.

    unknown title 2011

  • MuGard is a novel; ready-to-use mucoadhesive oral wound rinse and coating for the management of oral mucositis , a debilitating side effect of many anticancer treatments.

    unknown title 2011

  • MuGard is a novel; ready-to-use mucoadhesive oral wound rinse and coating for the management of oral mucositis , a debilitating side effect of many anticancer treatments.

    unknown title 2011

  • MuGard is a novel; ready-to-use mucoadhesive oral wound rinse and coating for the management of oral mucositis , a debilitating side effect of many anticancer treatments.

    unknown title 2011

  • MuGard is a mucoadhesive oral wound rinse and coating that has been shown to be very effective in the management of 11:00 am EDT.

    unknown title 2011

  • MuGard is a novel; ready-to-use mucoadhesive oral wound rinse and coating for the management of oral mucositis , a debilitating side effect of many anticancer treatments.

    unknown title 2011

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