different between mucus vs myxoid
mucus
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)
- (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)
- (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
- 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)
- mucus
Declension
mucus From the web:
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- what mucus colors mean
- what mucus means
- what mucus plug
- what mucus in stool means
- what mucus discharge
- what mucus look like
- what mucus is bad
myxoid
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?ks??d/
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (muxa, “slime, mucus”) +? -oid.
Adjective
myxoid
- Pertaining to or resembling mucus.
Synonyms
- mucoid
- mucous
Derived terms
Anagrams
- myoxid
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