Mucous (redirected from mucous thread)

mucous /mu·cous/ (mu´kus)

1. pertaining to or resembling mucus.

2. covered with mucus.

3. secreting, producing, or containing mucus.

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mu·cous (myks)

adj.

1. Containing, producing, or secreting mucus.

2. Relating to, consisting of, or resembling mucus.

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Mucous

Thick fluid produced by the moist membranes that line many body cavities and structures.

Mentioned in: Antiulcer Drugs

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mucous

pertaining to or resembling mucus; secreting mucus.

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mucous cell

a cell which secretes mucus.

mucous colitis

see irritable colon syndrome.

mucous membrane

see mucous membrane.

mucous thread

accumulations of mucus at the conjunctival fornices.

mucous tissue

a jelly-like connective tissue, such as occurs in the umbilical cord.