Definition of Mucoidal

1. Adjective. Relating to or resembling mucus. "A mucoid substance"

Exact synonyms: Mucoid
Derivative terms: Mucoid
Partainyms: Mucus, Mucus

Definition of Mucoidal

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to mucus; mucoid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mucoidal

1. mucoid [adj] - See also: mucoid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mucoidal

mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
mucocyst
mucoenteritis
mucoepidermoid
mucoepidermoid carcinoma
mucoepidermoid tumour
mucoglobulin
mucoid
mucoid adenocarcinoma
mucoid colony
mucoid degeneration
mucoid impaction of bronchus
mucoid medial degeneration
mucoidal (current term)
mucoids
mucolipidoses
mucolipidosis
mucolipidosis I
mucolipidosis II
mucolipidosis III
mucolipidosis IV
mucolipin
mucolipins
mucolysis
mucolytic
mucolytics
mucomembranous
mucomembranous enteritis

Literary usage of Mucoidal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by Henry Drury Noyes (1881)
"There is considerable mucoidal secretion, and moderate ... If soft, and pulpy, and red, with some mucoidal secretion, the best remedy is nitrate of silver, ..."

2. Urology: Diseases of the Urinary Organs, Diseases of the Male Genital Organs by Edward Loughborough Keyes (1917)
"... or sticky and mucoidal. Sensations of itching or pain almost invariably arise from posterior urethritis and its complications, even when the sensation ..."

3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"A moderate degree of chronic conjunctivitis is common to old persons, and if the secretion is mucoidal and not copious it does not forbid an operation, ..."

4. Buffalo Medical Journal (1904)
"Dr. M. HARTWIG presented a case of a large cystic tumor over the left eyebrow, from which mucoidal material could be pressed into the nose. ..."

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