mucoid
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English[edit]
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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Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mucoid m or n (feminine singular mucoidă, masculine plural mucoizi, feminine and neuter plural mucoide)
Declension[edit]
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 | |||
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