mucosities

Noun

mucosity (countable and uncountable, plural mucosities)

1. (rare, uncountable) The state of being mucous or containing mucus.
   • In the smears made from the viscid pus of the kidney abscesses and the lung nodules, a micro-organism was found. This was a rather long, thick bacillus with rounded edges, and only staining with difficulty. The length varied between 0·5 to 0·8 microns. As a rule no characteristic grouping was...1908, K.F. Meyer, “Experimental studies on a specific purulent nephritis of equidae”, in Transvaal Department of Agriculture, editor, Report of the Government Veterinary Bacteriologist, 1906-1907...

   Synonyms:

   mucousness

2. (archaic, countable) Mucous material: mucus; especially, snot, sputum, or phlegm.
   • The symptoms are constant sneezing and a discharge of a limpid, yellow or green mucosity from the nostrils. The infant, contrary to its usual habit, sleeps with the mouth open, it sucks with difficulty, as its respiration is impeded, and its snuffling is more or less intense. In some cases the...1835 October 17, Michael Ryan, “Lecture LI: Vices of Conformation, and Intra-uterine and Extra-uterine Diseases of the Respiratory Apparatus. In: Lectures on the Physical Education and Diseases of...