different between mucopus vs mucous
mucopus
English
Etymology
muco- +? pus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mju?k??p?s/
Noun
mucopus (uncountable)
- (medicine) a mixture of mucus and pus
- 1934, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer
- A Saturday afternoon and a ‘misfire’ books in my hands. Everything swimming in a divine mucopus.
- 1934, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer
Translations
Italian
Noun
mucopus m (invariable)
- mucopus
Related terms
- muco
- pus
mucopus From the web:
- what does mucus mean
- what causes mucus or phlegm
mucous
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin m?c?sus, from Latin m?cus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mju?k?s/
- Rhymes: -u?k?s
- Hyphenation: mu?cous
- Homophone: mucus
Adjective
mucous (comparative more mucous, superlative most mucous)
- Pertaining to mucus
- Having the qualities of mucus
Usage notes
Do not confuse mucous (adjective) with mucus (noun).
Synonyms
- mucoid
- myxoid
Derived terms
- mucous acid
- mucousy
- mucous membrane
Translations
mucous From the web:
- what mucus
- what mucus plug looks like
- what mucus colors mean
- what mucus means
- what mucus plug
- what mucus in stool means
- what mucus discharge
- what mucus look like
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