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A substance allied to alkali albumin and to mucin, present in semen, to which it is said to impart the mucilaginous character.
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Same as Mucigen.
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Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin.
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The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in medicine and in sirups for soda, etc.
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A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth.
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Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.
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A genus of malvaceous plants common in the tropics. All the species are mucilaginous, and some have tough ligneous fibers which are used as a substitute for hemp and flax.
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Of, pertaining to, or secreting, mucilage; as, the mucilaginous glands.
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The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia Myxa, and C. latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases.
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A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called because it is levorotatory.
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A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid.
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Soluble in water, but not in alcohol; yielding mucilage; as, mucilaginous gums or plants.
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A clear, viscous, tasteless substance extracted from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe (Viscum album), holly, etc., and constituting an essential ingredient of birdlime.
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Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.
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A substance which is formed in mucous epithelial cells, and gives rise to mucin.
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Connected with the formation of mucin; resembling mucin.
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An insect which feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain Diptera, of the tribe Mucivora.
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An aqueous solution of gum, or of substances allied to it; as, medicinal mucilage; mucilage for fastening envelopes.
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called mucic acid; saccholic.
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A form of albumin found in ascitic and certain serous fluids. It is sometimes regarded as a mixture of albumin and mucin.
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