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mucor

/ˈmjuːkə(ɹ)/

mucor noun: the property of being mucid.

Noun

mucor (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The property of being mucid.
    • This day I perceived one tulip in the compreſſed air to be infected vvith ſome mucor or ſinevv; but thoſe, vvhich remained in the common air, vvere all very mucid; and alſo one of the lark-ſpurs, in the common air, had contracted a mucor.1682, Robert Boyle, “A Continuation of New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, Touching the Spring and Weight of the Air, and Their Effects. The Second Part. […]”, in The Works of the Honourable Robert...

Origin of mucor

Borrowed from Latin mucor.

Words formed from mucor

Questions about mucor

What does mucor mean?
Mucor means the property of being mucid.
What part of speech is mucor?
Mucor is a noun.
How do you pronounce mucor?
Mucor is pronounced /ˈmjuːkə(ɹ)/.

Words near mucor in the dictionary

  1. mucopurulant
  2. mucopurulence
  3. mucopurulent
  4. mucopus
  5. mucopustular
  6. mucor
  7. mucoraceous
  8. mucoralean
  9. mucoregulator
  10. mucoregulators
  11. mucoregulatory

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