MUCOUS

mucous|muculent. Mucous, or Muculent, a. slimy, viscous, ropy, thick

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Mu″cous (?), a. [[L. mucosus, fr. mucus mucus.]] 1. 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance.
2. 2. Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane.
Mucous membrane. (Anat.) See under Membrane. — Mucous patches (Med.), elevated patches found in the mucous membranes of the mouth and anus, usually due to syphilis. — Mucous tissue (Anat.), a form of connective tissue in an early stage of development, found in the umbilical cord and in the embryo, and also in certain tumors called myxomata.