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mucose

mucose is the alternative form of mucous.

Meaning of mucous

Adjective

mucous (comparative more mucous, superlative most mucous)

  1. Pertaining to mucus.
    Synonyms:
    mucal
  2. Having the qualities of mucus; resembling mucus.
    Synonyms:
    mucal, mucoid, myxoid

Forms of mucose

comparativemore mucose
superlativemost mucose

Questions about mucose

What is mucose the alternative form of?
Mucose is the alternative form of mucous.

Words near mucose in the dictionary

  1. mucosalizing
  2. mucosally
  3. mucosanguineous
  4. mucosas
  5. mucosatropic
  6. mucose
  7. mucosecretory
  8. mucosectomies
  9. mucosectomy
  10. mucoserous
  11. mucosin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mucose (page history and authors); mucous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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