mucopus

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/ˈmjuːkəʊpʌs/

noun

a mixture of mucus and pus

OriginEnglish pus ← Latin mūcus ← Proto-Italic *moukos →
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Meanings

nounmucopus (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicinea mixture of mucus and pus

    A Saturday afternoon and a ‘misfire’ books in my hands. Everything swimming in a divine mucopus.

    1934, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)mewk-
  2. Proto-Italic*moukos
  3. Latinmūcus
  4. Englishmuco-
  5. Englishpus
  6. Englishmucopus

From muco- + pus.

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Translations

Italian mucopus
  • mucopusmixture of mucus and pus
Cite this entry
APA

mucopus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucopus

MLA

“mucopus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucopus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mucopus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucopus.

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