mucus
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈmjuːkəs/
:
moco
- Immediate care of the newborn required clearing the mucus out of its mouth and nose.
- thick mucus
- mucus production
- mucus secretion
And let's just for comparison, let's look at water versus mucus.
- And let's just for comparison, let's look at water versus mucus.
- And then the following day, I actually started to lose my mucus plug.
- The calendar view only shows bleeding and cervical mucus.
- And if you're not constantly cleaning it, you can suffocate or suck a big piece of mucus into your lungs.
- So that's the lining of the gut where the the mucus layer is.
- And then he came running back up at me, already starting to stink a little bit, mucus coming out of his eyes, his, his nose, his mouth.
- And so if a microbe learns to hold on to that mucus layer, it can actually resist the flow of the the contents of the gut.
- He had a sore throat, cough, mucus, sore throat.
- So given the chance, the cleaners would prefer to eat mucus and scales.
Examples
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Ask the patient to describe the amount of mucus, for example, as a teaspoonful or half an eggcup.
Academic text (2011) -
Get all the phlegm and mucus down.
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And it has access to mucus and can stay alive.
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This is actually good for getting the mucus up and stuff.
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Did you manage to get rid of the mucus?
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The first time I ever kissed a boy, it was in the dead of winter and he had mucus running out of his nose.
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Expectorants are designed to loosen thick mucus, making it easier to cough up.
Academic text (2007) -
The lining of the airways swells and mucus builds up, making breathing difficult.
Academic text (2012) -
Many viruses will be captured in the mucus that lines the respiratory system or deactivated by mast cell activity.
Academic text (2012) -
Dust, food, and even your own mucus can make you cough until your throat is clear.
Synonyms
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6.3
Thick wet stuff that comes from the nose when you have a cold
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8.3
A thick sticky liquid in the throat and chest during an illness
A wet fluid that protects and keeps the inside of the nose, throat, and gut moist
How Slimy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mucus comes from the Latin word mucus, which meant 'slime'. You can see the same root in mucous, so think of mucus as the thick, slippery stuff your body makes to protect and clean the nose, throat, and other passages.