mucoid
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From mucus + -oid. Compare myxoid.
Adjective edit
mucoid (not comparable)
- Pertaining to or resembling mucus; mucous. [from 19th c.]
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
- The virgin is released from the mucoid swamp by a water-nymph from under “the glassy cool, translucent wave,” an Apollonian realm of purity, clarity, and vision.
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Etymology 2 edit
From muco- + -oid, after German Mucoïd.
Noun edit
mucoid (plural mucoids)
- Any of a class of mucin-like substances yielding on decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form of proteinaceous matter.
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Adjective edit
mucoid m or n (feminine singular mucoidă, masculine plural mucoizi, feminine and neuter plural mucoide)
Declension edit
Declension of mucoid
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | mucoid | mucoidă | mucoizi | mucoide | ||
definite | mucoidul | mucoida | mucoizii | mucoidele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | mucoid | mucoide | mucoizi | mucoide | ||
definite | mucoidului | mucoidei | mucoizilor | mucoidelor |