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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

mucoid

/myoo-koid/US // ˈmyu kɔɪd //UK // (ˈmjuːkɔɪd) //

黏液状,黏液质,粘液状,粘液质

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Biochemistry. any of a group of substances resembling the mucins, occurring in connective tissue, cysts, etc.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Also mu·coi·dal [myoo-koid-l]. /myuˈkɔɪd l/. resembling mucus.

Examples

  • The other challenge was that marsupial eggs develop a thick layer around them, called a mucoid shell, soon after fertilization.

  • The fat disappears and is replaced by a mucoid effusion between the fibrous bundles of connective tissue.

  • They are abundant in the scanty morning sputum of apparently healthy persons, but may be present in any mucoid sputum.

  • The cyst is filled with a glairy mucoid fluid, and may contain one or more unerupted teeth (Fig. 252).

  • When deeply placed, they are lined by cylindrical or ciliated epithelium and contain a glairy mucoid fluid.

  • In only a solitary instance were the contents watery and mucoid.

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