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→‎Adjective: ===Synonyms=== * {{l|en|mucoid}} * {{l|en|myxoid}} (not idiomatically interchangeable but denotatively overlapping)
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# Pertaining to [[mucus]]
# Pertaining to [[mucus]]
# Having the qualities of mucus
# Having the qualities of mucus

===Synonyms===
* {{l|en|mucoid}}
* {{l|en|myxoid}}


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====

Revision as of 01:29, 9 May 2018

English

Etymology

From Late Latin mūcōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mucous (comparative more mucous, superlative most mucous)

  1. Pertaining to mucus
  2. Having the qualities of mucus

Synonyms

Derived terms

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