mucous
pronunciation
How to pronounce mucous in British English:
UK ['mju:kəs]
How to pronounce mucous in American English:
US [ˈmjukəs]
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- Adjective:
- of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus
Word Origin
- mucous (adj.)
- 1640s (replacing mucilaginous), from Latin mucosus "slimy, mucous," from mucus (see mucus). Related: mucosity.
Example
- 1. Familial white folded dysplasia of mucous membrane .
- 2. Familial white folded hyperplasia of mucous membrane .
- 3. Without a mucous or watery discharge .
- 4. Water that com busts turns to mucous .
- 5. Vagina mucous membrane non-hyperemia inflammation expression .