Similar words: caucus, hocus-pocus, cucumber, truculent, lucubrate, truculence, lucubration, much. Meaning: ['mjuːkəs] 
n. 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.
n. 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. 
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1 Coughing clears the lungs of mucus.
2 This drug reduces mucus production in the gut.
3 Everything was sticky with mucus and blood.
4 Vomiting of mucus in the chill at times.
5 The surface is lubricated by mucus.
6 O'Neill was drooling, with mucus dripping from his nose.
7 His skin secretes a great deal of mucus which both keeps the young attached and prevents them from drying out.
8 Later tough mucus may form which is difficult to expectorate.
9 He acquired a lasting scientific interest in mucus, possibly augmented by digestive problems of his own.
10 This was usually watery and offensive with occasional mucus or blood staining.
11 The latter is characterized by blood and mucus in the stools.
12 This mucus floods the area at the base of the tongue and the entrance to the gullet,(www.Sentencedict.com) adhering to the walls.
13 Ropy, yellow or green mucus with rattling in the chest.
14 The main chemical constituent of mucus is a waterproof high molecular weight glycoprotein.
15 Many confined invertebrates secrete slime or mucus that insidiously poisons the fishes and often themselves.
16 Copious, thick, ropy mucus from the larynx; hoarseness, rough voice, dry cough.
17 A tendency to accumulate sticky mucus on the cornea removed by blinking.
18 The frog's eggs are surrounded by a coating of jelly-like mucus.
19 The result is that the lungs clog up with a thick mucus.
20 My damp wings were unfurling, slowly breaking from their mucus shell, soggy and crumpled.
21 It has also been proposed that H pylori ammonia production will lead to mucosal damage by denaturing the protective mucus layer.
22 They can bury themselves in mud during droughts and live in a cocoon made out of mucus from their skin.
23 Her abdomen was generally tender and rectal examination showed watery stool stained with mucus and a small amount of blood.
24 Briefly, each biopsy sample was washed thoroughly in three changes of diluent to remove faeces and adherent mucus.
25 There may be a dry burning sensation; a dry mouth, ropy mucus, mouth ulcers.
26 Initially symptoms were well controlled after radiotherapy but the mucus discharge became troublesome again after two months.
27 Furthermore, a change in the physicochemical properties of the mucus in the colon may contribute.
28 Before an aromatic molecule can be detected, it must first be dissolved in the mucus.
29 Electron microscopy showed typical gall bladder epithelia with microvilli, tight junctions, and mucus droplets.
30 Some species manage to live on land in humid tropical forests, undulating on mucus that they secrete from their undersides.
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