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单词 mucoid
释义

mucoid

[ myoo-koid ]
/ ˈmyu kɔɪd /

noun

Biochemistry. any of a group of substances resembling the mucins, occurring in connective tissue, cysts, etc.

adjective

Also mu·coi·dal [myoo-koid-l]. /myuˈkɔɪd l/. resembling mucus.

Origin of mucoid

First recorded in 1840–50; muc(in) + -oid

Words nearby mucoid

mucocutaneous junction, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, mucoenteritis, mucoepidermoid, mucoid, mucoid degeneration, mucolipidosis, mucolipidosis I, mucolipidosis II, mucolipidosis III
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Example sentences from the Web for mucoid

  • The fat disappears and is replaced by a mucoid effusion between the fibrous bundles of connective tissue.

    Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
  • They are abundant in the scanty morning sputum of apparently healthy persons, but may be present in any mucoid sputum.

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
  • In only a solitary instance were the contents watery and mucoid.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884|Various

British Dictionary definitions for mucoid

mucoid

mucoidal

/ (ˈmjuːkɔɪd) /

adjective

of the nature of or resembling mucin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for mucoid

mucoid
[ myōōkoid′ ]

n.

Any of various glycoproteins similar to the mucins, especially a mucoprotein.

adj.

Of, containing, or resembling mucus.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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