| mucamide | <chemistry> The acid amide of mucic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance. (26 Mar 1998) |
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| mucase | A term specifically applied to hyaluronate lyase, hyaluronoglucosaminidase, and hyaluronoglucuronidase (hyaluronidases), but more loosely to any enzyme that hydrolyzes mucopolysaccharide substances (mucins). Synonym: mucase, mucopolysaccharidase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucate | <chemistry> A salt of mucic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mucedin | <botany> A yellowish white, amorphous, nitrogenous substance found in wheat, rye, etc, and resembling gluten; formerly Synonym: mucin. Origin: From Mucus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Much's bacillus | <bacteria, microbiology> An alleged non-acid-fast granular form of the tubercle bacillus; not demonstrable by the Ziehl stain, but takes a modified Gram stain; it is said to be the form present in the tuberculous skin lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Much, Hans | <person> German physician, 1880-1932. See: Much's bacillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mucha, Victor | <person> Austrian dermatologist, 1877-1919. See: Mucha-Habermann disease, Mucha-Habermann syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mucha-Habermann disease | pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta |
| Mucha-Habermann syndrome | pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta |
| muci- | Mucous, mucin. See: muco-, myxo-. Origin: L. Mucus (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, gums and micilaginous substances; specif, denoting an acid obtained by the oxidation of gums, dulcite, etc, as a white crystalline substance isomeric with saccharic acid. Origin: L. Mucus mucus: cf. F. Mucique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mucicarmine | A red stain containing aluminum chloride and carmine; used to detect epithelial mucins and mucin-secreting adenocarcinomas; also used to demonstrate the capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans and other fungi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucid | <physiology> Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin. Origin: Mucus + L. Parere to produce. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| muciferous | <physiology> Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin. Origin: Mucus + L. Parere to produce. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mucific | 1. <medicine> Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous. 2. <physiology> Secreting mucus. Origin: Mucus + L. -ficare (in comp) to make. See -fy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |