mucinous

1. 1.

   relating to or containing mucin

Questions about mucinous

What does mucinous mean?

mucinous means "relating to or containing mucin".

How many syllables are in mucinous?

mucinous has 3 syllables and divides as mu-ci-nous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is mucinous a common word?

mucinous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.