to secrete mucus

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• mucus — n. 1) to secrete mucus 2) nasal mucus * * * [ mjuːkəs] nasal mucus to secrete mucus …   Combinatory dictionary

• mucus — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ excess ▪ cervical, nasal ▪ sticky, thick VERB + MUCUS ▪ produce …   Collocations dictionary

• mucus — [ mykys ] n. m. • 1743; mot lat. « morve » ♦ Anat. Liquide transparent, d aspect filant, produit par les glandes muqueuses et servant d enduit protecteur à la surface des muqueuses. ⇒ mucosité. ● mucus nom masculin (latin mucus, morve) Sécrétion… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Mucus — d un être humain. Les mucus sont différentes sécrétions visqueuses et translucides, produites par divers organismes, et chez ceux ci par diverses organes ou muqueuses. Sommaire 1 Types de mucus …   Wikipédia en Français

• Mucus — Mucous cells on the stomach lining In vertebrates, mucus (adjectival form: mucous ) is a slippery secretion produced by, and covering, mucous membranes. Mucous fluid is typically produced from mucous cells found in mucous glands. Mucous cells… …   Wikipedia

• secrete — verb Secrete is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑gland Secrete is used with these nouns as the object: ↑hormone, ↑mucus, ↑saliva …   Collocations dictionary

• secrete — To elaborate or produce some physiologically active substance ( e.g., enzyme, hormone, metabolite) by a cell and to deliver it into blood, body cavity, or sap, either by direct diffusion, cellular …   Medical dictionary

• gland — An organized aggregation of cells functioning as a secretory or excretory organ. SYN: glandula (1) [TA]. [L. glans, acorn] accessory g. a small mass of glandular structure, detached from but lying near another and larger g., to which it is… …   Medical dictionary

• integument — /in teg yeuh meuhnt/, n. 1. a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind. 2. any covering, coating, enclosure, etc. [1605 15; < L integumentum a covering. See IN 2, TEGUMENT] Syn. 1. cortex, involucre, involucrum. * * * Covering of the body,… …   Universalium

• immune system — Anat. a diffuse, complex network of interacting cells, cell products, and cell forming tissues that protects the body from pathogens and other foreign substances, destroys infected and malignant cells, and removes cellular debris: the system… …   Universalium

• reproductive system, animal — Introduction       any of the organ systems by which animals reproduce.       The role of reproduction is to provide for the continued existence of a species; it is the process by which living organisms duplicate themselves. Animals compete with… …   Universalium