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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus.

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mucus (usually uncountable, plural mucuses or muci)

  1. (physiology) A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.
    Hyponyms: phlegm, rheum
    The mucus in coryza may vary from runny to viscous.

Usage notes

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  • Do not confuse mucus (noun) with mucous (adjective).

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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus.

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Noun

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mucus m (uncountable)

  1. (physiology) mucus
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Descendants

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  • Turkish: mukus

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *moukos, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (slimy, slippery). Cognates include Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, mushroom).

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Noun

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mūcus m (genitive mūcī); second declension

  1. mucus

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

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References

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  • mucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mucus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus. Doublet of muc.

Noun

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mucus n (uncountable)

  1. (physiology) mucus

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