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Mucoid Common

Mucoid has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

any of several glycoproteins similar to mucin

2

Any of a class of mucin-like substances yielding on decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form of proteinaceous matter.

Adjective
1

relating to or resembling mucus

"a mucoid substance"

2

Pertaining to or resembling mucus; mucous.

See Also
mucoidal decomposition hyalogen carbohydrate mucin mucus myxochondroma proteinaceous
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
glycoprotein
Rhyming Words
oid boid ooid coid noid poid foid roid loid void doid zoid groid geoid booid avoid axoid aloid ploid pooid
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