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Definition of mucus

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Mucus (n.) A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose, lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc..

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Leucorrhoea :: Leucorrhoea (n.) A discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish, viscid mucus, resulting from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining the genital organs of the female; the whites..

Butterfish :: Butterfish (n.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand..

Erthine :: Erthine (a.) Causing or increasing secretion of nasal mucus.

Mucoid :: Mucoid (a.) Resembling mucus.

Muciform :: Muciform (a.) Resembling mucus; having the character or appearance of mucus.

Mucous :: Mucous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance..

Blenny :: Blenny (n.) A marine fish of the genus Blennius or family Blenniidae; -- so called from its coating of mucus. The species are numerous.

Erthine :: Erthine (n.) A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory..

Muciparous :: Muciparous (a.) Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin..

Snot :: Snot (n.) Mucus secreted in, or discharged from, the nose..

Snet :: Snet (v. t.) The clear of mucus; to blow.

Blennorrhea :: Blennorrhea (n.) An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus.

Mucopurulent :: Mucopurulent (a.) Having the character or appearance of both mucus and pus.

Mucus :: Mucus (n.) A gelatinous or slimy substance found in certain algae and other plants.

Blennogenous :: Blennogenous (a.) Generating mucus.

Mucific :: Mucific (a.) Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous.

Tartar :: Tartar (n.) A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime..

Show :: Show (n.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor..

Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..

Astringent :: Astringent (n.) A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc..