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Definitions and meaning of mucus

mucus

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjuːkəs/
• Rhymes: -uːkəs
• Hyphenation: mu‧cus
• Homophone: mucous

Noun

mucus (usually uncountable, plural mucuses or muci)

1. (physiology) A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.

   Hyponyms: phlegm, rheum

Usage notes

• Do not confuse mucous (adjective) with mucus (noun).

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See also

• booger
• snot

Anagrams

• CUSUM

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.kys/

Noun

mucus m (uncountable)

1. (physiology) mucus

Related terms

• mucilage
• mucosité

Descendants

• → Turkish: mukus

Further reading

• “mucus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Alternative forms

• muccus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *moukos, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”). Cognates include Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.kus/, [ˈmuːkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.kus/, [ˈmuːkus]

Noun

mūcus m (genitive mūcī); second declension

1. mucus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• mūcēdō
• muceō
• mūcidus
• mūcōsus
• mūculentus

Related terms

• mūcō

Descendants

References

• “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

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus. Doublet of muc.

Noun

mucus n (uncountable)

1. (physiology) mucus

Declension