mucous

Stedman's Medical Dictionary: A Practical Medical Dictionary · 1920 · p. 22

(mu'kus) Relating to mucus or a mucous membrane, m. membrane, a membrane secreting mucus, which lines pa ages and cavities communicating with the exterior, m. patch, (i) a group of macerated macules and papules occurring in the mucous membrane of the mouth in syphilis; (2) condyloma latum. m. rftle, a bubbling sound heard on auscultation over bronchial tubes containing mucus.