a. [ Mucus + -oid. ] Resembling mucus. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]
Mucoid degeneration,
n. [ Mucin + -oid. ] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of mucinlike substances yielding on decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form of proteinaceous matter. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]