mucus
English
/ˈmjuːkəs/
noun
Definitions
- (physiology) A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mūcus (snot, mucus).
Origin
Latin
mūcus
Gloss
snot, mucus
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chondromucoid English
- hypermucoid English
- mucal English
- mucoid English
- mucoidal English
- mucusless English
- mucuslike English
- mucusuria English
- mucusy English
- nonmucoid English
- ovomucoid English
- *mucceus Latin
- mucci Latin
- mucosus Latin
- muculentus Latin
- mūcus Latin
- mūcōsus Latin
- muco Italian
- *mew-, *mew-k- Proto-Indo-European
- muko Esperanto
- moc Catalan, Valencian
- mugull Albanian
- mocoło Venetian