mucoid

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmjuːkɔɪd/

By surface analysis, muc(o)- +‎ -oid.

mucoid (not comparable)

1. Having the qualities of mucus; resembling mucus. [from 19th c.]

   Synonym: myxoid

   Coordinate terms: mucous, mucal

   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     The virgin is released from the mucoid swamp by a water-nymph from under “the glassy cool, translucent wave,” an Apollonian realm of purity, clarity, and vision.

2. Pertaining to, containing, or being mucus.

   Synonyms: myxoid, mucous, mucal

   Hyponym: hypermucoid

• hypermucoid
• mucoid plaque

From muco- +‎ -oid, after German Mucoïd.

mucoid (plural mucoids)

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

• Micoud

Borrowed from French mucoïde.

mucoid m or n (feminine singular mucoidă, masculine plural mucoizi, feminine and neuter plural mucoide)

1. mucoid