mucoid
Biochemistry. any of a group of substances resembling the mucins, occurring in connective tissue, cysts, etc.
Also mu·coi·dal [myoo-koid-l]. /myuˈkɔɪd l/. resembling mucus.
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How to use mucoid in a sentence
The other challenge was that marsupial eggs develop a thick layer around them, called a mucoid shell, soon after fertilization.
An albino opossum proves CRISPR works for marsupials, too | Casey Crownhart | July 21, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe fat disappears and is replaced by a mucoid effusion between the fibrous bundles of connective tissue.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesThey are abundant in the scanty morning sputum of apparently healthy persons, but may be present in any mucoid sputum.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe cyst is filled with a glairy mucoid fluid, and may contain one or more unerupted teeth (Fig. 252).
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander MilesWhen deeply placed, they are lined by cylindrical or ciliated epithelium and contain a glairy mucoid fluid.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander Miles
In only a solitary instance were the contents watery and mucoid.
British Dictionary definitions for mucoid
mucoidal
/ (ˈmjuːkɔɪd) /
of the nature of or resembling mucin
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