mucus

• n. 粘液；スライム

ラテン語の粘液、鼻水、粘液から、PIE*meugの粘着性、ぬるぬるした、語源的にはmuggy、match、muckと同じ。

mucus

mucus: [17] Mucus was borrowed from Latin mūcus ‘nasal mucus’, which was related to two ancient verbs for ‘blow the nose’: Greek mússesthai and Latin ēmungere. The homophonic adjectival derivative mucous [17] (as in mucous membrane) comes from Latin mūcōsus. Related forms to have reached English are mucilage [14], from the late Latin derivative mūcilāgō, and moist.
=> moist, mucilage

mucus (n.)

1660s (replacing Middle English mucilage), from Latin mucus "slime, mold, mucus of the nose, snot," from PIE root *meug- "slippery, slimy," with derivatives referring to wet or slimy substances or conditions (cognates: Latin emungere "to sneeze out, blow one's nose," mucere "be moldy or musty," Greek myssesthai "to blow the nose," myxa "mucus," mykes "fungus," Sanskrit muncati "he releases"). Old English had horh, which may be imitative.

1. The result is that the lungs clog up with a thick mucus .

検査の結果、肺は厚い粘液で塞がれていた。

2.Coughing clears the lungs of mucus .

咳は肺の粘液を取り除くことができる。

3.My nose is stuffed up,ie full of mucus .

私の鼻は詰まっています（鼻水が多い）.

4.The patient expectorates mucus each morning shortly after rising.

患者は毎朝起きて間もなく、粘液を咳をする。

5.Commonly the muzzle is encrusted with mucus and exudate.

鼻鏡は通常、粘液と滲出物で覆われている。