mucus
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mucus (usually uncountable, plural mucuses or muci)
- (physiology) A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.
Usage notes edit
- Do not confuse mucous (adjective) with mucus (noun).
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
slippery secretion
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Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mucus m (uncountable)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: mukus
Further reading edit
- “mucus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *moukos, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”). Cognates include Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.kus/, [ˈmuːkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmu.kus/, [ˈmuːkus]
Noun edit
mūcus m (genitive mūcī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | mūcus | mūcī |
Genitive | mūcī | mūcōrum |
Dative | mūcō | mūcīs |
Accusative | mūcum | mūcōs |
Ablative | mūcō | mūcīs |
Vocative | mūce | mūcī |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “mucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mucus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- mucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus. Doublet of muc.
Noun edit
mucus n (uncountable)