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mucus
[ myoo-kuhs ]
noun
- a viscous, slimy mixture of mucins, water, electrolytes, epithelial cells, and leukocytes that is secreted by glands lining the nasal, esophageal, and other body cavities and serves primarily to protect and lubricate surfaces.
mucus
/ ˈmjuːkəs /
noun
- the slimy protective secretion of the mucous membranes, consisting mainly of mucin
mucus
/ myo̅o̅′kəs /
- The slimy, viscous substance secreted as a protective lubricant by mucous membranes. Mucus is composed chiefly of large glycoproteins called mucins and inorganic salts suspended in water.
mucus
- A slippery and somewhat sticky fluid secreted by the glands in mucous membranes . Mucus lubricates and protects the mucous membranes.
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Example Sentences
It would be similar to smoking, only less…and you might get a chronic cough, or raise a little [mucus].
Plummer found the film so saccharine that he even developed a nickname for it: “The Sound of Mucus.”
The announcer said brightly, “She is completely effaced right now, and she just lost her mucus plug.”
It is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.
Mucus is recognized from its characteristic slimy appearance when the fluid is poured from one vessel into another.
Stools composed almost wholly of mucus and streaked with blood are the rule in dysentery, ileocolitis, and intussusception.
When the mucus is small in amount and intimately mixed with the stool, the trouble is probably in the small intestine.
A sufficient amount of mucus or fecal matter will usually be brought away by it.
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