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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Show :: Show (n.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor..
Tartar :: Tartar (n.) A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime..
Blennorrhea :: Blennorrhea (n.) An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus.
Mucific :: Mucific (a.) Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous.
Erthine :: Erthine (n.) A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory..
Pip :: Pip (n.) A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a scale on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them..
Cocoon :: Cocoon (n.) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms..
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..
Pituitous :: Pituitous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, pituite or mucus; full of mucus; discharging mucus..
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus..
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..
Expectorant :: Expectorant (a.) Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat..
Pituitary :: Pituitary (a.) Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities..
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..
Snivel :: Snivel (v. i.) Mucus from the nose; snot.
Muciform :: Muciform (a.) Resembling mucus; having the character or appearance of mucus.
Apophlegmatic :: Apophlegmatic (a.) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.
Mucusin :: Mucusin (n.) Mucin.
Mucopurulent :: Mucopurulent (a.) Having the character or appearance of both mucus and pus.
Slime :: Slime (n.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals.
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