2. Vile, in a moral sense; sordid. [Obs.] Spenser.

Mucky money and false felicity.

Latimer.

Mu"co*cele (?), n. [Mucus + Gr. kh`lh tumor.] (Med.) An enlargement or

protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy

of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the

latter. Dunglison.

Mu"coid (?), a. [Mucus + - oid.] Resembling mucus. Dunglison.

Mucoid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which the tissues are

transformed into a semisolid substance resembling mucus. Quain.

Mu"co*nate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of muconic acid.

Mu*con"ic (?), a. [Mucic + itaconic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or

designating, an organic acid, obtained indirectly from mucic acid, and

somewhat resembling itaconic acid.

Mu`co*pu"ru*lent (?), a. [Mucus + purulent.] (Med.) Having the

character or appearance of both mucus and pus. Dunglison.

||Mu"cor (?), n. [L., fr. mucere to be moldy or musty.] (Bot.) A genus

||of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threads with terminal

||globular sporangia; mold.

Mu*cos"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being mucous or slimy;

mucousness.

Mu"cous (?), a. [L. mucosus, fr. mucus mucus.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or

resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous

substance.

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