Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various glycoproteins, especially a mucoprotein, similar to the mucins.
- adjective Of, relating to, or resembling mucus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling mucus or mucous tissue.
- noun A viscid, glairy substance derived from connective tissue and containing a large amount of mucin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of mucinlike substances yielding on decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form of proteinaceous matter.
- adjective Resembling mucus.
- adjective a form of degeneration in which the tissues are transformed into a semisolid substance resembling mucus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
mucus ;mucoidal .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or resembling mucus
- noun any of several glycoproteins similar to mucin
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Examples
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Most people who are aware of the need for "colon cleansing" do not realize that this layer of toxic waste called mucoid plaque can build up throughout their digestive tract from stomach to rectum.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Shakes 2010
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Most people who are aware of the need for "colon cleansing" do not realize that this layer of toxic waste called mucoid plaque can build up throughout their digestive tract from stomach to rectum.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Weight Loss 2010
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Most people who are aware of the need for "colon cleansing" do not realize that this layer of toxic waste called mucoid plaque can build up throughout their digestive tract from stomach to rectum.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Shakes 2010
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Most people who are aware of the need for "colon cleansing" do not realize that this layer of toxic waste called mucoid plaque can build up throughout their digestive tract from stomach to rectum.
Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010
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Most people who are aware of the need for "colon cleansing" do not realize that this layer of toxic waste called mucoid plaque can build up throughout their digestive tract from stomach to rectum.
Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010
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Most people who are aware of the need for "colon cleansing" do not realize that this layer of toxic waste called mucoid plaque can build up throughout their digestive tract from stomach to rectum.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Shakes 2010
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Most people who are aware of the need for "colon cleansing" do not realize that this layer of toxic waste called mucoid plaque can build up throughout their digestive tract from stomach to rectum.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Shakes 2010
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Most people who are aware of the need for "colon cleansing" do not realize that this layer of toxic waste called mucoid plaque can build up throughout their digestive tract from stomach to rectum.
Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010
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Before I come to the solution, let me first explain what mucoid plaque really means.
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I was suffering from chronic constipation and irritable bowel syndrome because I had 12 pounds of mucoid plaque within my colon.
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