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[syn: mucoid, mucoidal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mucoid \Mu"coid\, a. [Mucus + -oid.]
Resembling mucus. --Dunglison.
[1913 Webster]
Mucoid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which the
tissues are transformed into a semisolid substance
resembling mucus. --Quain.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mucoid \Mu"coid\, n. [Mucin + -oid.] (Physiol. Chem.)
One of a class of mucinlike substances yielding on
decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form
of proteinaceous matter.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mucoid
adj 1: relating to or resembling mucus; "a mucoid substance"
[syn: mucoid, mucoidal]
n 1: any of several glycoproteins similar to mucin