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mucous

Syllables: mu·cous/ˈmjuːkəs/

mucous adjective: pertaining to mucus.

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

mucous meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Sanskrit

mucous in Tamil

சளி, சீத, சீதம், கோழை, வழவழப்பான திரவம், வழு நீர்மம்

mucous in Bengali

শ্লেষ্মাময়, আঠালো, শ্লেষ্মা উৎপাদনকারী

mucous in Sanskrit

the mucous or glutinous secretion of the bones or flesh, marrow, fat
वपा vapā́

Examples of mucous in a sentence

  • Lymphadenoid tissue includes the lymph glands, spleen, bone marrow, and tonsils, and the lymphatic tissue of the organs and mucous membranes.
  • Epidermolysis bullosa is a group of mainly inherited connective tissue diseases that cause blisters in the skin and mucous membranes.
  • The rats gradually became weak and asthenia, and showed mucous hypersecretion, anorexia, body weight reduction, hydrouria, diarrhea.

All 13 example sentences with mucous

Synonyms of mucous

Forms of mucous

comparativemore mucous
superlativemost mucous

Origin of mucous

Naturalized from Late Latin mūcōsus, from Latin mūcus. By surface analysis, muc(us) + -ous = muco- + -ous.

Words formed from mucous

Phrases with mucous

Words that rhyme with mucous

Questions about mucous

What does mucous mean?
Mucous means pertaining to mucus.
What is mucous in Tamil?
Mucous in Tamil is சளி, சீத, சீதம். See Mucous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mucous?
Mucous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce mucous?
Mucous is pronounced /ˈmjuːkəs/.

Words near mucous in the dictionary

  1. mucothermic
  2. mucotomies
  3. mucotomy
  4. mucotoxic
  5. mucotropic
  6. mucous
  7. mucous acid
  8. mucous membrane
  9. mucous membranes
  10. mucous tunic
  11. mucous tunics

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mucous (page history and authors); mucous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mucous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वपा (Sanskrit) (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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