mucilage
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mucilage
[mu´sĭ-lij]an aqueous solution of a gummy substance, used as a vehicle or soothing agent. adj., adj mucilag´inous.
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mu·ci·lage
(myū'si-lij),A pharmacopeial preparation consisting of a solution in water of the mucilaginous principles of vegetable substances; used as a soothing application to the mucous membranes and in the preparation of official and extemporaneous mixtures.
[L. mucilago]
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mu·ci·lage
(myū'si-lăj)A pharmacopeial preparation consisting of a solution in water of the mucilaginous principles of vegetable substances; used as a soothing application to the mucous membranes and in the preparation of official and extemporaneous mixtures.
[L. mucilago]
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mucilage
a complex of polysaccharides which becomes slimy when wet, when it swells and retains water. It is secreted by many animals, plants and bacteria.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
mu·ci·lage
(myū'si-lăj)Pharmacopeial preparation consisting of a solution with mucilaginous principles of vegetable substances.
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