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De - Pt| English Dictionary: mucoid | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for mucoid | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Mucoid \Mu"coid\, a. [Mucus + -oid.] Resembling mucus. --Dunglison. {Mucoid degeneration}, a form of degeneration in which the tissues are transformed into a semisolid substance resembling mucus. --Quain. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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muckrake \muck"rake`\, in the above sense, and the noun muckraker \muck"rak`er\, to designate one so engaged, were speedily coined and obtained wide currency. The original allusion was to a character in Bunyan's [bd]Pilgrim's Progress[b8] so intent on raking up muck that he could not see a celestial crown held above him. 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 proteid matter. | |
