Usually means: Containing or resembling mucus secretion.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word mucinous:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. mucinous: Merriam-Webster
  2. mucinous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mucinous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. mucinous: Vocabulary.com
  5. mucinous: Wordnik
  6. mucinous: Wiktionary
  7. mucinous: Dictionary.com
  8. mucinous: Rhymezone
  9. mucinous: FreeDictionary.org
  10. mucinous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. mucinous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mucinous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. mucinous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. mucinous: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  5. mucinous: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mucinous)

▸ adjective:  Of, pertaining to, containing, or producing (one or more) mucins.

Similar:
mucal, mucoidal, mucigenous, mucosal, mucocellular, mucoproteinic, mucoserous, mucous, pseudomucinous, mucousal, more...

Opposite:
non-mucinous, serous, dry, non-viscous

Types:
peritoneal, pleural, pericardial, pericarditis, pleuritis, more...

Phrases:
mucinous carcinoma, mucinous cystadenoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, mucinous cystadenocarcinoma, mucinous carcinoid, more...

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Similar:
mucal, mucoidal, mucigenous, mucosal, mucocellular, mucoproteinic, mucoserous, mucous, pseudomucinous, mucousal, more...

Opposite:
non-mucinous, serous, dry, non-viscous

Types:
peritoneal, pleural, pericardial, pericarditis, pleuritis, more...

Phrases:
mucinous carcinoma, mucinous cystadenoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, mucinous cystadenocarcinoma, mucinous carcinoid, cystic mucinous enteropathy, Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, more...



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