NOUN
- any of several glycoproteins similar to mucin
ADJECTIVE
-
relating to or resembling mucus
a mucoid substance
How To Use mucoid In A Sentence
- Diagnosis may not be obvious if pelvic involvement precedes active bowel disease, or if drainage is clear or mucoid.
- The cut surface revealed a glistening mucoid appearance, with extensive hemorrhage.
- It may be moist and pink, there may be red psoriasiform with yellow, superficial crusting, or there may be a dry fissured area with mucoid discharge.
- The cyst contained a small amount of whitish mucoid material.
- Microscopic examination revealed nests and cords of clear cells separated by a fibrous and acellular mucoid stroma.
- After classification of the nature of the sputum, those patients with macroscopically mucoid samples did not receive antibiotic therapy.
- Eventually, they develop a mucoid phenotype, which marks the establishment of chronic infection.
- He underwent surgery, which revealed a small cyst filled with yellow mucoid material and some fatty tissue prolapsing into the cyst.
- Without regular and adequate bowel movements, toxic mucoidal plaque builds up in the colon and hardens. ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
- Fissures, a mucoid discharge and yellow crusting are sometimes present.