MUCOID


Meaning of MUCOID in English

/myooh"koyd/ , n.

1. Biochem. any of a group of substances resembling the mucins, occurring in connective tissue, cysts, etc.

adj.

2. Also, mucoidal /myooh koyd"l/ . resembling mucus.

[ 1840-50; MUC(IN) + -OID ]

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