Definition of mucus

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

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Mucous :: Mucous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance..
Snot :: Snot (n.) Mucus secreted in, or discharged from, the nose..
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..
Mucus :: Mucus (n.) Any other animal fluid of a viscid quality, as the synovial fluid, which lubricates the cavities of the joints; -- improperly so used..
Expectorant :: Expectorant (a.) Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat..
Secern :: Secern (v. t.) To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose..
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..
Mucusin :: Mucusin (n.) Mucin.
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus..
Snet :: Snet (v. t.) The clear of mucus; to blow.
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..
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..
Slime :: Slime (n.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals.
Muciparous :: Muciparous (a.) Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin..
Mucific :: Mucific (a.) Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous.
Apophlegmatic :: Apophlegmatic (a.) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.
Mucus :: Mucus (n.) A gelatinous or slimy substance found in certain algae and other plants.
Astringent :: Astringent (n.) A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc..
Snivel :: Snivel (v. i.) Mucus from the nose; snot.
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