mucus
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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus.
Pronunciation
Noun
mucus (usually uncountable, plural mucuses or muci)
- (physiology) A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.
Usage notes
- Do not confuse mucus (noun) with mucous (adjective).
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
slippery secretion
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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus.
Pronunciation
Noun
mucus m (uncountable)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Turkish: mukus
Further reading
- “mucus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *moukos, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”). Cognates include Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.kus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmu.kus/,
Noun
mūcus m (genitive mūcī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mūcus | mūcī |
| genitive | mūcī | mūcōrum |
| dative | mūcō | mūcīs |
| accusative | mūcum | mūcōs |
| ablative | mūcō | mūcīs |
| vocative | mūce | mūcī |
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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)