mucous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mucous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mucous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mucous adj of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus; "mucous tissue"; "mucous glands of the intestine" Synonym(s): mucous, mucose
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mucous \Mu"cous\, a. [L. mucosus, fr. mucus mucus.] 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. {Mucous membrane}. (Anat.) See under {Membrane}. {Mucous patches} (Med.), elevated patches found in the mucous membranes of the mouth and anus, usually due to syphilis. {Mucous tissue} (Anat.), a form of connective tissue in an early stage of development, found in the umbilical cord and in the embryo, and also in certain tumors called myxomata.