Mucus

Noun

 * 1)  A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.

Hyponyms

 * phlegm
 * rheum

Derived terms

 * mucoid
 * mucoidal
 * mucous
 * mucilaginous

Related terms

 * mucosa
 * mucositis

Thesaurus
albumen, antifriction, autacoid, batter, bile, black lead, bonnyclabber, butter, carrion, chalone, chyle, clabber, colostrum, cornstarch, corruption, cream, curd, dandruff, decay, digestive secretion, discharge, dough, egg white, endocrine, excrement, filth, foul matter, furfur, gall, gangrene, gastric juice, gaum, gel, gelatin, glair, gleet, glop, glue, gluten, glycerin, goo, gook, goop, graphite, gruel, gumbo, gunk, hormone, humor, ichor, intestinal juice, jam, jell, jelly, lachryma, lactation, leukorrhea, loblolly, lubricant, lubricating oil, lubricator, lymph, matter, mess, milk, molasses, mucilage, muck, mucor, obscenity, ordure, pancreatic juice, pap, paste, peccant humor, phlegm, plumbago, porridge, prostatic fluid, pudding, pulp, puree, purulence, pus, putrid matter, putty, rheum, rob, rot, saliva, salivary secretion, sanies, scurf, scuz, semen, semifluid, semiliquid, serous fluid, serum, silicone, size, slime, smut, snot, sordes, soup, sperm, starch, sticky mess, suppuration, sweat, syrup, tear, teardrop, tears, the whites, thyroxin, treacle, urine, wax

Etymology
Borrowed from mucus:.

Hyphenation
mu·cus

Translations

 * Armenian: լորձ (lordz)
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese: 黏液 (niányè)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: or
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Lithuanian: gleivės
 * Macedonian:
 * Manx:
 * Polish: śluz, wydzielina
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: слизь (sliz’)
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: mukus, sümük
 * Volapük: slim

Noun

 * 1) mucus

Alternative forms

 * muccus

Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meu-k- "slimy, slippery". Cognates include Ancient Greek μύκης "mushroom".

Related terms

 * mūcō

Derived terms

 * mūcēdō
 * mūcidus
 * mūcōsus

Descendants

 * Catalan:
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 * Italian:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: