MUCOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mucoid mean? 

• MUCOID (noun)
  The noun MUCOID has 1 sense:

1. any of several glycoproteins similar to mucin

  Familiarity information: MUCOID used as a noun is very rare.

• MUCOID (adjective)
  The adjective MUCOID has 1 sense:

1. relating to or resembling mucus

  Familiarity information: MUCOID used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUCOID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several glycoproteins similar to mucin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("mucoid" is a kind of...):

glycoprotein (a conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component)

Derivation:

mucoid (relating to or resembling mucus)

• MUCOID (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or resembling mucus

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

mucoid; mucoidal

Context example:

a mucoid substance

Pertainym:

mucus (protective secretion of the mucous membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium)

Derivation:

mucoid (any of several glycoproteins similar to mucin)

 Context examples 

Morphologically, it is characterized by the presence of mucoid stroma formation.

(Ampulla of Vater Mucinous Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Cystic spaces are also present which contain mucoid material.

(Ovarian Mucinous Adenocarcinofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

The malignant cells invade the ovarian stroma and the cystic spaces contain mucoid material.

(Ovarian Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Often, the infiltrating glandular structures are associated with mucoid stromal formation.

(Mucinous Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Surfactants regulate the surface tension of the mucoid layer lining the alveoli.

(Lung Surfactant, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Microscopically it is characterized by the presence of mucoid stroma formation, papillary patterns, and cystic changes.

(Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Microscopically, it is characterized by the presence of a diffuse infiltrate, composed of individual adenocarcinoma cells or groups of adenocarcinoma cells in a fibrous or mucoid stroma.

(Diffuse Gastric Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A neoplasm characterized by the presence of benign epithelial and myoepithelial cells and a mesenchymal component that may contain mucoid, myxoid, cartilaginous, or osseous areas.

(Pleomorphic Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It generally has a favorable prognosis and is characterized histologically by tumor cells arranged in a papillary manner around vascularized mucoid stromal cores. (Adapted from WHO).

(Myxopapillary Ependymoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Microscopically, chordomas are composed of cells that form cords and lobules, separated by mucoid intercellular tissue.

(Chordoma, NCI Thesaurus)