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mucoid

[ myoo-koid ]

noun

  1. Biochemistry. any of a group of substances resembling the mucins, occurring in connective tissue, cysts, etc.


adjective

  1. Also mu·coi·dal [] resembling mucus.

mucoid

/ ˈmjuːkɔɪd /

adjective

  1. of the nature of or resembling mucin


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mucoid1

First recorded in 1840–50; muc(in) + -oid

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Example Sentences

The other challenge was that marsupial eggs develop a thick layer around them, called a mucoid shell, soon after fertilization.

The fat disappears and is replaced by a mucoid effusion between the fibrous bundles of connective tissue.

They are abundant in the scanty morning sputum of apparently healthy persons, but may be present in any mucoid sputum.

The cyst is filled with a glairy mucoid fluid, and may contain one or more unerupted teeth (Fig. 252).

When deeply placed, they are lined by cylindrical or ciliated epithelium and contain a glairy mucoid fluid.

In only a solitary instance were the contents watery and mucoid.

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