Crossword clues for mucoid
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mucoid \Mu"coid\, n. [Mucin + -oid.] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of mucinlike substances yielding on decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form of proteinaceous matter.
Mucoid \Mu"coid\, a. [Mucus + -oid.]
Resembling mucus.
--Dunglison.
Mucoid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which the
tissues are transformed into a semisolid substance
resembling mucus.
--Quain.
Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to mucus; mucoidal. n. Any of a class of mucin-like substances yielding on decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form of proteinaceous matter.
WordNet
n. any of several glycoproteins similar to mucin
adj. relating to or resembling mucus; "a mucoid substance" [syn: mucoidal]
Usage examples of "mucoid".
The doctors and nurses on the screen wore spotless white, had coiffed hair, perfect faces, and teeth that radiated a mucoid sparkle as they conversed in slow, low, earnest tones about love, hate, anguish and death.
His last breath was a long mucoid gurgle smelling strongly of almonds.
The CT scan had shown only the mucoid cyst in the right maxillary sinus--probably a result of chronic allergies.
The tank proteome, a mucoid slime of nutrients and tailored hormones, was beginning to prepare his body for the life he left behind.
The white paintings were unknowable to many, knife-applied slabs of mucoid color.
The rat boy, a tiny, ragged lad of about ten years old, his dirty face and mucoid nose not having felt the touch of soap for a year or more, had prepared a bag of thirty-five large sewer rats to earlier instructions.
Heavy, rasping, mucoid breaths that made her want to slam the phone down.