Mucous
['mjuːkəs] or ['mjʊkəs]
Definition
(adj.) of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus; 'mucous tissue'; 'mucous glands of the intestine' .
Typed by Jody--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance.
(a.) Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane.
Inputed by Artie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Slimy, ropy, mucilaginous, gummy, glutinous, viscid.
Typist: Susan
Examples
- It floated up and produced a violent effect on the mucous membrane. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It attacks the mucous membrane of the nose and lungs, and produces the effect of a severe cold or catarrh, and when inhaled, causes death. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Typist: Susan