mucosity
(mjuːˈkɒsɪtɪ)
[ad. F. mucosité, ad. mod.L. *mūcōsitāt-em, f. mūcōs-us mucous a.]
1. Mucousness, sliminess; a mucous covering.
| 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xvi. 574 This potion..takes away..all Mucosities of the Throat. 1752 Watson in Phil. Trans. XLVII. 461 He..observ'd, that the extremities of the madrepora were soft, and cover'd with a mucosity. 1876 Beneden's Anim. Parasites iv. 68 There are mucosities which are incessantly renewed. |
2. A fluid containing or resembling mucus.
| 1833–55 Dunglison Med. Lex., Mucosity, a fluid, which resembles mucus, or contains a certain quantity of it. |