mucus
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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 Latin) 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 |
---|---|---|
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)
Declension[edit]
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