mucus

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English

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus.

Pronunciation

Noun

mucus (usually uncountable, plural mucuses or muci)

  2. (physiology) A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.
    Hyponyms: phlegm, rheum
    The mucus in coryza may vary from runny to viscous.
  3. (botany) Short for vegetable mucus

Usage notes

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

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus.

Pronunciation

Noun

mucus m (uncountable)

  1. (physiology) mucus

Descendants

  • → Turkish: mukus

Further reading

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

mūcus m (genitive mūcī); second declension

  1. mucus

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)

  1. (physiology) mucus

Declension

Declension of mucus
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative mucus mucusul
genitive-dative mucus mucusului
vocative mucusule
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