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mucosity|mjuːˈkɒsɪtɪ| [ad. F. mucosité, ad. mod.L. *mūcōsitāt-em, f. mūcōs-us mucous a.] 1. Mucousness, sliminess; a mucous covering.
1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xvi. 574 This potion..takes away..all Mucosities of the Throat. 1752Watson in Phil. Trans. XLVII. 461 He..observ'd, that the extremities of the madrepora were soft, and cover'd with a mucosity. 1876Beneden's Anim. Parasites iv. 68 There are mucosities which are incessantly renewed. 2. A fluid containing or resembling mucus.
1833–55Dunglison Med. Lex., Mucosity, a fluid, which resembles mucus, or contains a certain quantity of it. |