mucoid

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmjuːkɔɪd/

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, muc(o)- +‎ -oid.

Adjective

mucoid (not comparable)

1. Having the qualities of mucus; resembling mucus. [from 19th c.]

   Synonym: myxoid

   Coordinate terms: mucous, mucal

   • 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.

2. Pertaining to, containing, or being mucus.

   Synonyms: myxoid, mucous, mucal

   Hyponym: hypermucoid

Derived terms

• hypermucoid
• mucoid plaque

Related terms

• mucosal (not to be confused)

 

Etymology 2

From muco- +‎ -oid, after German Mucoïd.

Noun

mucoid (plural mucoids)

1. Any of a class of mucin-like substances yielding on decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form of proteinaceous matter.

Anagrams

• Micoud

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mucoïde.

Adjective

mucoid m or n (feminine singular mucoidă, masculine plural mucoizi, feminine and neuter plural mucoide)

1. mucoid

Declension

Declension of mucoid

		singular			plural
		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