muco-


  1. a combining form representing mucus or mucous in compound words: mucopurulent.

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How to use muco- in a sentence

  • A muco-purulent or purulent secretion can visually be pressed out from between the papillomatous elevations.

    Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • The muco-cartilage is coloured red, the branchial or soft cartilage blue, and the hard cartilage purple.

    The Origin of Vertebrates | Walter Holbrook Gaskell
  • I have curtailed it in order not to interfere with the representation of the lower lip and tentacular muco-cartilages.

    The Origin of Vertebrates | Walter Holbrook Gaskell
  • This muco-cartilaginous skeleton is the key to the whole position, and requires, therefore, to be understood.

    The Origin of Vertebrates | Walter Holbrook Gaskell
  • Miss Alcock, in her paper, speaks of tubular muscles belonging to the hyoid segment, which are attached to the muco-cartilage.

    The Origin of Vertebrates | Walter Holbrook Gaskell

British Dictionary definitions for muco-

muco-

combining form
  1. mucus or mucous: mucoprotein; mucin

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