mucus

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n. 粘液 [化] 粘液

发音

US /ˈmjuːkəs/

词形变化

muci mucuses 复数 mucuses muci 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.

    黏液

    不可数 医学

    The mucus in coryza may vary from runny to viscous.

  2. 2.

    Short for vegetable mucus

    不可数 生物 植物学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

secretion

下位词 6

snot booger phlegm leucorrhea leukorrhea sputum

部分词 1

mucin

相关短语

mucus fishing syndrome mucus membrane mucus membranes mucous membrane n. 黏膜 vegetable mucus

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcuslbor. English mucus Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus. Partly displaced Old English slīm, whence modern slime.

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