different between mucus vs mucousy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?cus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mju?k?s/
• Rhymes: -u?k?s
• Hyphenation: mu?cus
• Homophone: mucous

Noun

mucus (usually uncountable, plural mucuses or muci)

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

Usage notes

Do not confuse mucous (adjective) with mucus (noun).

Hyponyms

• phlegm
• rheum

Derived terms

Related terms

• mucosa
• mucositis

Translations

See also

• snot

Anagrams

• CUSUM

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin m?cus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.kys/

Noun

mucus m (uncountable)

1. (physiology) mucus

Further reading

• “mucus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Alternative forms

• muccus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *moukos, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ????? (múk?s, “mushroom”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mu?.kus/, [?mu?k?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mu.kus/, [?mu?kus]

Noun

m?cus m (genitive m?c?); second declension

1. mucus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• m?c?d?
• muce?
• m?cidus
• m?c?sus
• m?culentus

Related terms

• m?c?

Descendants

References

• mucus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mucus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mucus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin mucus. Doublet of muc.

Noun

mucus n (uncountable)

1. mucus

Declension

English

Etymology

mucous +? -y

Adjective

mucousy (comparative more mucousy, superlative most mucousy)

1. Suggesting mucus; slimy.
   • 2005, Jo Ann White, Shih tzu (page 35)

     Do all the puppies seem healthy, with no mucousy discharge from the nose, no loose stools, and no foul smell from their ears? Are their coats clean and full? Do they have plenty of energy when awake?