Mucous

//ˈmjuːkəs//

Synonyms for "mucous" (10 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Adjective(2 words)

Strong matches (3)

Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)

Related words (5)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Synonyms

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Related terms

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coordinate

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derived

10 entries

derived from

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related to

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Translations

17 translations across 11 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • слизест adj (pertaining to mucus)

Finnish

2 entries
  • lima adj (pertaining to mucus)
  • limainen adj (having the qualities of mucus)

French

1 entries
  • muqueux adj (pertaining to mucus)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • nyálka adj (pertaining to mucus)
  • nyálkás adj (having the qualities of mucus)

Irish

2 entries
  • ronnach adj (pertaining to mucus)
  • ronnach adj (having the qualities of mucus)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • سوموكلو adj (pertaining to mucus)
  • سوموكلو adj (having the qualities of mucus)

Polish

1 entries
  • śluzowy adj (pertaining to mucus)

Romanian

2 entries
  • mucos adj (pertaining to mucus)
  • mucos adj (having the qualities of mucus)

Russian

2 entries
  • сли́зистый adj (pertaining to mucus)
  • сли́зистый adj (having the qualities of mucus)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • слизови́й adj (pertaining to mucus)

Volapük

1 entries
  • slimik adj (pertaining to mucus)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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I have mucous in my stool.

Source: tatoeba (282246)

The following is thought to be one of the reasons stress damages the stomach's mucous membrane.

Source: tatoeba (329468)

The substance can irritate or corrode the skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.

Source: tatoeba (368193)

The mucous membrane is very sensitive.

Source: tatoeba (4334682)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.