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

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Also muc-, muci-.

Words nearby muco-

muck-up day, muckworm, mucky, muckymuck, mucluc, muco-, mucocele, mucocutaneous, mucocutaneous junction, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome

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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-

before a vowel muc-

combining form

mucus or mucousmucoprotein; mucin

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Medical definitions for muco-

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Mucus:mucoprotein.

Mucosa:mucin.