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mucus impaction(medicine)
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mucus (iou)



mucus noun. M17.
[Latin, cogn. with Greek mussesthai blow the nose (cf. Latin emungere), mukter nose, nostril.]
A viscid or slimy substance not miscible with water, containing mucin and other glycoproteins and secreted by the mucous glands and membranes of animals for protection, lubrication, etc. Also, a viscid substance secreted by or present in plants.