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mu⋅ci⋅lage

  [myoo-suh-lij]
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–noun
1. any of various, usually liquid, preparations of gum, glue, or the like, used as an adhesive.
2. any of various gummy secretions or gelatinous substances present in plants.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME muscilage < MF musillage < LL mūcilāgō a musty juice, akin to mūcēre to be musty. See mucor
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mu·ci·lage   (myōō'sə-lĭj)   
n.  

  1. A sticky substance used as an adhesive.

  2. A gummy substance obtained from certain plants.


[Middle English muscilage, gelatinous plant substance, from Old French mucilage, from Late Latin mūcilāgō, mūcilāgin-, from Latin mūcēre, to be musty, from mūcus, mucus.]
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Word Origin & History

mucilage 
c.1400, "viscous substance from vegetable material soaked in water," from O.Fr. mucilage (14c.), from L.L. mucilago "musty or moldy juice" (4c.), from L. mucere "be musty or moldy," from mucus "mucus." Meaning "adhesive" is first attested 1859.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mu·ci·lage
Pronunciation: 'myü-s(&-)lij
Function: noun
1 : a gelatinous substance of various plants (as legumes orseaweeds) that contains protein and polysaccharides and is similar to plant gums
2 : an aqueous usually viscid solution (as of a gum) used in pharmacy as an excipient and inmedicine as a demulcent
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mucilage mu·ci·lage (my&oomacr;'sə-lĭj)
n.
A viscid preparation consisting of a solution of a plant-based gum in water and used in pharmacy as an excipient.

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