mucus

1. 1.

   protective secretion of the mucous membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium

   Synonymsmucous secretion

   Broadersecretion

   Narrowerphlegmsnotboogerleukorrhea

Other forms of mucus

plural

mucuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mucus

What does mucus mean?

mucus means "protective secretion of the mucous membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium".

How many syllables are in mucus?

mucus has 2 syllables: mu-cus. The stress falls on "mu". In IPA it is /ˈmjukəs/.

What is another word for mucus?

Close synonyms include mucous secretion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mucus a common word?

mucus is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mucus?

1 word rhymes with mucus. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.