meaning of mucous
1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance.
2. Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane.
3. of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus; "mucous tissue"; "mucous glands of the
">intestine"
Related Words
mucous | mucous colitis | mucous membrane | mucous secretion | mucousness |
