mucoid

(mu’koid). 1. Resembling mucus. 2. Any one of a group of mucus-like compounds of animal origin. The mucoids differ from mucins in solubility. They are precipitated by acetic acid. They include colloid and ovomucoid. serum-m., a mucoid from the blood-serum. A preparation of salicylic acid: used in infectious diseases of the mouth and throat.