Usually means: Slimy secretion protecting body linings.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. mucus: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. mucus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mucus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. mucus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. mucus: Vocabulary.com
  6. Mucus, mucus: Wordnik
  7. mucus: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. mucus: Wiktionary
  9. mucus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. mucus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. mucus: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. mucus: Dictionary.com
  13. mucus: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. mucus: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Mucus (disambiguation), Mucus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Mucus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. mucus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. mucus: Rhymezone
  19. Mucus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. mucus: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. mucus: Free Dictionary
  22. mucus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. mucus: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Mucus: Health & Beauty Glossary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mucus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Mucus: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. mucus: Natural Health glossary
  5. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Mucus: Merck Manuals
  7. Digestive Diseases Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. mucus: Sound Alike Words
  9. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  10. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  11. KidsHealth Glossary of Medical Words (No longer online)
  12. mucus: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  13. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  14. mucus: Medical dictionary
  15. Inflammatory Bowel Disease Glossary (No longer online)
  16. Mucus: Drug Medical Dictionary
  17. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Mucus: HYPP Zoology
  3. mucus: Natural History Terms

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Mucus: Beauty & Health Glossary

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noun:  (physiology) A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.

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