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Mucoid

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mucoid [′myü‚kȯid]
(biochemistry)
Any of various glycoproteins, similar to mucins but differing in solubilities and precipitation properties and found in cartilage, in the crystalline lens, and in white of egg.
Resembling mucus.
(microbiology)
Pertaining to large colonies of bacteria characterized by being moist and sticky.
Mucoid 

an obsolete term applied to carbohydrate-protein compounds present in a variety of biological matter, such as egg white, cornea, cartilage, vitelline membranes of amphibian and invertebrate eggs, synovia of the joints, secretions of the salivary glands, ovarian cysts, and blood plasma. In view of their chemical structure, it has been suggested that mucoids be called mucopolysaccharides or glycoproteins.
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[FIGURE OMITTED] Our examination revealed the presence of a thick mucoid discharge from the right middle meatus.
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