Definition of mucus

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Mucus (n.) Any other animal fluid of a viscid quality, as the synovial fluid, which lubricates the cavities of the joints; -- improperly so used..

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Muciform :: Muciform (a.) Resembling mucus; having the character or appearance of mucus.
Mucific :: Mucific (a.) Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous.
Mucivore :: Mucivore (n.) An insect which feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain Diptera, of the tribe Mucivora..
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..
Expectorant :: Expectorant (a.) Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat..
Erthine :: Erthine (a.) Causing or increasing secretion of nasal mucus.
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.
Hoarseness :: Hoarseness (n.) Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords..
Blennorrhea :: Blennorrhea (n.) An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus.
Snot :: Snot (n.) Mucus secreted in, or discharged from, the nose..
Secern :: Secern (v. t.) To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose..
Snet :: Snet (v. t.) The clear of mucus; to blow.
Pituitary :: Pituitary (a.) Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities..
Pituite :: Pituite (n.) Mucus, phlegm..
Mucusin :: Mucusin (n.) Mucin.
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..
Blenny :: Blenny (n.) A marine fish of the genus Blennius or family Blenniidae; -- so called from its coating of mucus. The species are numerous.
Mucopurulent :: Mucopurulent (a.) Having the character or appearance of both mucus and pus.
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus..
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