Definitions for mucoid

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mucoid mu·coid

Spelling: [myoo-koid]

IPA: /ˈmyu kɔɪd/

Mucoid is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in mucoid (cdimou).

Definitions for mucoid

noun

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

adjective

1. Also, mucoidal [myoo-koid-l] /myuˈkɔɪd l/ (Show IPA). resembling mucus.

Origin of mucoid

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

Examples for mucoid

They are abundant in the scanty morning sputum of apparently healthy persons, but may be present in any mucoid sputum.

In only a solitary instance were the contents watery and mucoid.

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