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mucoid
[ myoo-koid ]
noun
- Biochemistry. any of a group of substances resembling the mucins, occurring in connective tissue, cysts, etc.
adjective
- Also mu·coi·dal [] resembling mucus.
mucoid
/ ˈmjuːkɔɪd /
adjective
- of the nature of or resembling mucin
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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.
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They are abundant in the scanty morning sputum of apparently healthy persons, but may be present in any mucoid sputum.
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The cyst is filled with a glairy mucoid fluid, and may contain one or more unerupted teeth (Fig. 252).
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When deeply placed, they are lined by cylindrical or ciliated epithelium and contain a glairy mucoid fluid.
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In only a solitary instance were the contents watery and mucoid.
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