1. Plural of mucoid; substances or organisms that resemble mucus in appearance or consistency.
Usage: medical/scientific

1. Resembling mucus in nature, appearance, or consistency; having a slimy or gelatinous quality.
Usage: medical/scientific

Examples

• The laboratory identified mucoids in the patient's sputum sample.
• The bacterial culture showed mucoids colonies on the agar plate.
• A mucoids discharge from the wound indicated a possible infection.
• The mucoids consistency of the secretion suggested a specific type of pathogen.
• Researchers studied how mucoids strains differ from non-mucoid variants.
• The mucoids appearance of the tissue sample was noted in the pathology report.