Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Containing, producing, or secreting mucus: a mucous tissue.
- adj. Relating to, consisting of, or resembling mucus: a mucous substance.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to mucus or resembling it; slimy, ropy, and lubricous.
- Secreting a slimy substance; pituitary: as, the mucous membrane.
Wiktionary
- adj. Pertaining to mucus
- adj. Having the qualities of mucus
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous.
- adj. Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus
Etymologies
- From Late Latin mūcōsus. (Wiktionary)
- Latin mūcōsus, from mūcus, mucus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Every month, for a few days prior to menstruation, the inside lining of the womb (what we call the mucous membrane or endometrium) becomes congested and its bloodvessels become distended with blood.”
“This type of polyp tends to retain mucous and is inflamed, which causes bleeding when the stool passes by the polyp and some of the surface cells shed.”
“It has additionally been traditionally used for breathlessness, clearing mucous from the respiratory system, soothing coughs, assisting divert as great as semen prolongation as great as as an insecticide opposite lice.”
“The mucous is a protective coating in their intestines that prevents punctures by sharp fish bones.”
Simon & Schuster: The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States
“An _inner coat_, or lining, known as the mucous membrane.”
“The interior of the body is likewise lined with a covering, which is termed mucous membrane, from the fact that from its surface, or from certain special glands within it, or from both, there is constantly being secreted a thin semi-transparent fluid called mucus.”
“This stage is characterized by all sorts of _eruptions_, mild and severe, by white little patches (called mucous patches) in the throat, mouth, tonsils, vagina, by falling out of the hair, etc. The length of this secondary stage depends a good deal upon the sort of treatment the patient gets.”
“Mucogen consists of all the constituents necessary for the building up of the peculiarly tender tissue called mucous membrane.”
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration
“The passage is lined with a soft, moist "skin," called mucous membrane, very much like that which lines the stomach and bowels, except that it is covered with tiny little microscopic hairs, called _cilia_, and that its glands pour out a thin, sticky _mucus_, instead of a digestive juice.”
“Stimultaneously {sic} with the occurrence of the eruption, slightly raised spots of a whitish color, known as mucous patches, appear on the mucous membrane of the lips and tongue and throat.”
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