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"mucous" Definitions
  1. (of parts of the body) producing a thick liquid from a mucous membrane

156 Sentences With "mucous"

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The solidified product looked similar to the hardened mucous bubbles.
The obvious question here is, what's up with all that mucous?
And of course, the whole thing is covered in sticky mucous.
The gall bladder was purple, squishy, and covered in white mucous.
The attacks involve swelling of the skin, mucous membranes or both.
In inflammatory bowel disease, the protective mucous layer is often eroded.
When the virus reaches the lungs, their mucous membranes become inflamed.
We are also checking their mucous membranes for signs of internal bleeding.
The microwavable mac and cheese had the consistency of runny mucous, though.
Exposure via open wounds or other mucous membranes could cause E. coli.
A long, thin, mucous-y trail started forming out from under it.
But let's focus on your boyfriend's attentiveness instead of mucous, shall we?
But that doesn't mean the mucous is weak, in fact, quite the opposite.
Her mouth had plenty of saliva (doctors write "MMM," for "mucous membranes moist").
The universal sound of sickness, her cough is heavy and full of mucous.
Zinc may stop the bug from lodging in these mucous membranes and multiplying.
HSV-1 typically affects oral mucous membranes and is often contracted during childhood.
You sit up so fast you scrape your head against the mucous-membrane roof.
A sneeze can propel mucous droplets at a rate of 100 miles an hour.
Mucous is 95 percent water, in fact, while crusty boogers are simply snot sans moisture.
If you touch your mucous membranes, then you could inoculate yourself inadvertently with that organism.
Step 3: The water should drain out the other nostril, taking mucous and debris with it.
One Chinese farmer described cheese as "the mucous discharge of some old cow's guts, allowed to putrefy".
"Candida yeasts normally live on the skin and mucous membranes without causing infection," the CDC website says.
Mucus is produced by mucous glands in the nose, middle ears, eyes, sinuses, throat, airways, and lungs.
The virus enters the body through broken skin or mucous membranes in the eyes, nose or mouth.
They should be applied only to the surface of the skin, avoiding eyes, lips and mucous membranes.
These symptoms included respiratory failure, severe irritation of mucous membranes and disruption to the central nervous system.
It said four employees of a third-party company and one BASF workers suffered mucous membrane irritation.
"Gonorrhea cannot penetrate intact skin—it has to come into contact with a mucous membrane," Donovan says.
A wild animal," with grotesque tails "full of mucous, full of slime—half woman and half monster.
That is, the body mistakes the skin and mucous membranes for foreign tissue and launches an attack.
A slimy fava bean is a fine fava bean indeed, especially when it's coated in olive oil mucous.
Because babies' nasal passages are so tiny, any amount of mucous can cause quite a bit of noise.
In the body, these so-called bronchial epithelial cells work with mucous to clear inhaled germs and particles.
Incredible sadness, terror, pleasure is excreted in her music, as though it were made from mucous or tears.
People with "wet" coughs may also be asked to cough up sputum, a mixture of saliva and mucous.
All those cells lining your mucous membranes have been damaged and are like weeping sores, Dr. Schaffner said.
"Respiratory viruses don't infect through your skin, they infect through your mucous membranes: the eyes, nose and mouth."
That's because "medications like antihistamines or Sudafed can dry up your mucous membranes and cause vaginal dryness," she says.
Common symptoms that mimic TFB in children include irritation of the airway, asthma, pneumonia and excess production of mucous.
Dr. Compton-Phillips said the infection can spread through the mucous membranes, from the nose down to the rectum.
Put the food toward the back of your throat, where people tend to find the mucous membrane less sensitive.
A half-hour later, the baby was in distress, with bloody mucous coming out of his nose, the affidavit says.
The virus is inhaled or transmitted, usually via your fingers, to the mucous membranes of the mouth, nose or eyes.
She awakened an hour later to find the infant pale, with bloody mucous coming from his nose, the documents said.
Sulfur dioxide can be dangerous, causing irritation to the skin and mucous membranes of the eyes, throat, nose and lungs.
One is that alcohol can dilate swollen blood vessels, which temporarily eases inflamed mucous membranes, making you feel less congested.
The photographs feature real subjects — mucous, cuticles, newspaper clippings — often captured at microscopic levels to create a fossilized, distorted effect.
When COVID-19 reaches the lungs, their mucous membranes — which line the various body cavities and air tracts — become inflamed.
Together they provide a framework for the vocal folds, flaps of mucous membrane attached to muscles either side of the larynx.
Try painstakingly scraping the mucous membranes off a piece of animal innards and soaking it for days in lye and sulphur!
Her lawyer, Shannon Smith, said Dr. Nagarwala acknowledged "removing a sesame seed-sized amount of mucous membrane" from the clitoral hood.
That is, it soothes irritated mucous membranes by forming a protective film, covering nerve endings that trigger the urge to cough.
Larvaceans, which resemble tadpoles, manufacture mucus filters called "mucous snot houses" that collect material — including microplastics — and discard it when they're full.
Because of this, even the slightest rubbing or touch can cause my skin and any mucous membrane in my body to blister.
However, a dog's saliva and pathogens can be absorbed more easily through the mucous membranes of a person's nose, mouth and eyes.
A stuffy nose occurs when some of the blood vessels and natural tissues in your nose, called the mucous membrane, are inflamed.
Like all drugs taken orally, it's absorbed into the body through the stomach, passing through the mucous membrane and entering the liver.
The virus will then latch onto the mucous membranes that line the back of your nose, your throat and your bronchial tubes.
The practice is an easy way to prevent the germs that our hands touch in communal areas from reaching our mucous membranes.
About 40 strains of HPV are transmitted through direct contact with infected skin or mucous membranes during vaginal, anal and oral sex.
"Racial or ethnic discrimination experiences could affect our response to medications by changing our airway tissues and mucous production," Borrell said by email.
The research shows, she said, that a child with normal behavior, moist mucous membranes and eyes that are not sunken is probably fine.
"These teas aid in producing a higher mucous lining of the inner esophagus, preventing the stomach acid from causing severe damage," he explains.
When it infects us, the tiny, pollen-shaped virus burrows into the skin and mucous membranes and can cause genital warts and cancer.
One is to douse a surgical mask in disinfectant—it almost numbs your mucous membrane, so the only thing you smell is the disinfectant.
Capsaicin is an irritant for all mammals, and it causes a burning sensation when it comes into contact with any skin or mucous membrane.
Because it's made of protein and sugar molecules known as mucin, hagfish mucous doesn't dries out and harden over time—it stays all gooey.
Steam is often used as a home remedy to treat allergy or cold symptoms, because it can loosen mucous membranes and opens up airways.
The mucins released from by these processes mix with watery liquids outside the cells and become like a slimy gel, which is called mucous.
The virus enters the body through broken skin or mucous membranes in the eyes, nose or mouth, and can also spread through sexual contact.
She said Nagarwala merely removed mucous from the clitoris with gauze and gave it to parents for burial as part of a religious practice.
When smoking marijuana, between 60 and 63 percent of THC can be lost through side smoke and through the respiratory mucous membranes, studies have found.
Friedman says that, theoretically, "a hair in the mouth could puncture the mucosa [mucous membrane], causing inflammation and pain," but says it would be uncommon.
She lands on or near an open wound or the mucous membranes of an animal's nose, mouth or ears and there lays hundreds of eggs.
In June, researchers announced that Zika RNA had been found in a woman's vaginal fluids and cervical mucous after the virus had left her bloodstream.
Secondly, the nose is triggered to produce more secretions via the mucous glands in order to provide the moisture to humidify the air coming through.
Now imagine transferring all the bacteria, viruses and allergens from those items into your body through the mucous membranes in your nose, mouth and eyes.
Apps can guide you through fertility-awareness methods that rely on daily tracking of body temperature and cervical mucous (these methods require motivation and discipline).
"Just using a few drops of nasal saline is often enough to loosen the mucous and shrink the swollen nasal tissues," Dr. Stricklen told Insider Picks.
Although she appears healthy, Kramer-Golinkoff spends three hours each day doing breathing treatments, including wearing a vest that vibrates to clear mucous from her lungs.
If you have a cold or sinus infection, your mucous can become dense and thick, but is easily washed away with a neti pot, he says.
After reaching sexual maturity, drones that had been subjected to insecticides were dissected, and had their testes and mucous glands removed and analyzed for sperm viability.
To understand your orgasm, you should also know that the vaginal canal is lined with the soft tissue of the mucous membrane covering layers of stretchy muscle.
"When the ophthalmology people checked me out, they said, 'this is probably mucous,' " Beckley told the Washington Post, noting that some officials were skeptical of her story.
Cannabis can cause drying of the mucous membranes, which might mean a lack of vaginal wetness, Earleywine says, though Lynn's research subjects reported no effect on lubrication.
Those infected find the illness can begin quite suddenly, with shaking chills, fever, severe headache, infection of the mucous membrane in the eyes, and lymph node swelling.
"If you have a kid that doesn't have dry mucous membranes, when you look in the mouth it's nice and moist, that's really reassuring," Dr. Rose said.
In the fraction of a second the fish feeds, it doesn't latch on to the coral but seals its mouth over it and sucks up the coral's mucous.
"People with allergies may make too much abnormal mucous and this, as well as the allergic particles can be washed away with the neti pot," Dr. Voigt says.
The tampon would be soaked in a drug of some kind—antiseptic, opium, vinegar—and inserted next to the thin mucous membranes of the vagina for easy absorption.
The researchers suggested it could be because the cold air dries out the mucous membranes, which line your eyes, ears, and the insides of your mouth and nose.
When you have an allergy, your body releases a chemical called histamine, which triggers the mucous glands in your nose to ramp up production, causing a runny nose.
Keeping your mucous membranes moist, along with the hair inside your nostrils, by drinking more fluids and using saline spray also helps to protect you from viral invasion.
In addition, the buildup of mucous in the lungs, as a result of this immune response to infection, induces coughing as a reflex to try to clear the airways.
North Carolinians risk coming into contact with these metals and pathogens through drinking water, but also through open wounds and mucous membranes if they wade through the ongoing floods.
All the TIRF drugs — for transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl — deliver fentanyl through the mucous membranes lining the mouth or nose, but the specific method differs from product to product.
"I was in a conference yesterday watching people, and in just about two minutes I counted a dozen times that I saw someone touching mucous membranes," Dr. McLaws said.
Next, the invaders hijack the epithelial cells that make up the mucous membranes, taking over their metabolic machinery, to replicate and make even more virus, which infects adjacent cells.
"The low humidity [of an airplane cabin] will dry out your mucous membranes (eyes, nose, mouth), which will make it less effective in blocking the virus," Dr. Pardo said.
Point in fact: We touch our face with our hands, including our nose, eyes, and mouth -- areas with mucous membranes, an average of 15 to 23 times an hour.
Oral herpes is spread through direct skin-to-skin contact between the contagious area and broken skin and mucous membrane tissue, such as kissing someone who is having an outbreak.
A recurring gag follows a deformed boy as he grows a disembodied head within a boulder-sized, mucous-lined orifice by basting the noggin with his own freshly produced feces.
They produce lots of eggs, and their eggs have relatively low mortality rates, whether thanks to patient brooding by an octopus mother or the protective mucous that covers embryonic squid.
"In particular, there were signs of severe irritation of mucous membranes, respiratory failure and disruption to central nervous systems of those exposed," it said in a statement issued in Geneva.
Instead, it's more likely they move out of the bloodstream and to other regions of the body, such as the lungs, gut, skin and mucous membranes of the respiratory system.
The risk of accidental inhalation is only slightly more plausible: Fentanyl can enter the bloodstream through the mucous membranes of the nose and mouth, but it is not easily aerosolized.
Technically, the virus doesn't pass through skin — "you have to touch a mucous membrane that will serve as a portal or entry," Gordon says, like your eyes, nose or mouth.
Even without a bite, contact with a bat can transmit the disease if the bat saliva somehow comes in contact with the person's eyes, mouth, nose or other mucous membranes.
" The doctor explained to him that the psychotropic wave was the "medicinal effect on the swollen nasal mucous membrane, and that it was now easier to breathe through the nose.
The eyes are a mucous membrane, mind you, which makes them susceptible to bacteria and viruses, so it's possible for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia to enter the body through the eyes.
The DOD's version of that secretes its own mucous gunk—one idea is to affix the contraption to autonomous watercraft—fine-tuned to ensnare the propellers of enemy ships and submarines.
How it works: Using scanning electron microscopy, researchers found the lips of the aptly-named tubelip wrasse are covered in thin mucous-producing membranes similar to the gills of a mushroom.
"We cannot rule out that toxic damage to the skin and mucous membranes by an unknown chemical substance was inflicted with the help of a 'third party,'" she wrote on Facebook.
Any medication applied to it will be absorbed into the bloodstream more quickly and more effectively because it's diffused through the thin mucous membrane that covers the underside of the tongue.
Research has shown that when people smoke tobacco, nicotine compounds can later be found inside their cervical mucous, says Caroline Mitchell, MD, director of the vulvovaginal disorders program at Mass General Hospital.
The shot will also thicken your cervical mucous so that it's harder for sperm to enter the uterus and fertilise an egg, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
That might be true, but garlic does not release allicin unless it is cut or chopped, and she really doesn't advocate combining chopped garlic with an ultra-sensitive set of mucous membranes.
Whether you have a hoop or a tiny stud, the majority of the jewelry is inside the nose's mucous membrane — an area of the body that naturally clears out bacteria to prevent infections.
Chronic rhinosinusitis is a persistent inflammation of the mucous membranes in the nose and sinuses that can lead to development of nasal polyps - teardrop shaped, noncancerous growths that can cause irritation and swelling.
The federal government says all those substances also can cause cancer, as well as other adverse health effects including irritation of the lungs, eyes and mucous membranes, and effects on the nervous system.
She also went to the hospital for a full rape kit, where medical staff took vaginal swabs, collected pubic hair, fingernail scrapings, a saliva sample, a nasal mucous sample, and a DNA standard.
"We cannot rule out that toxic damage to the skin and mucous membranes by an unknown chemical substance was inflicted with the help of a 'third party'," Anastasia Vasilyeva, the doctor, wrote on Facebook.
If any mucous membranes or open wounds come into contact with that bacteria—or if people who touch it fail to wash their hands before eating—it could cause bloody diarrhea and other unpleasantness.
A similar study of 193 students in South Wales showed they averaged 23 touches per hour, with almost half of those involving contact between the hand and mucous from the nose, eyes and mouth.
" The World Health Organization (WHO) said partners told them 500 people were affected and that "there were signs of severe irritation of mucous membranes, respiratory failure and disruption to central nervous systems of those exposed.
The viral particles in these droplets travel quickly to the back of your nasal passages and to the mucous membranes in the back of your throat, attaching to a particular receptor in cells, beginning there.
If a person does wear one, it may keep them from realizing that viruses get in through the skin, the mucous membranes of the eyes and from a person's fingers being put into their mouths.
According to the American Sexual Health Association (ASHA), oral herpes is spread through direct skin-to-skin contact between the contagious area and broken skin and mucous membrane tissue, such as kissing someone who is having an outbreak.
For those infections, any viral particles expelled at the speed of a cough have to sneak past a maze of mucous membranes in the linings of the lungs, which can catch or at least slow down their escape.
Ordering water over a dehydrating drink, including alcoholic beverages and non-decaf coffee and tea, also go a long way in terms of maintaining a strong immune system when flying and preventing valuable mucous membranes from drying up. 
Blood-borne pathogens can be spread if blood or bodily fluids from an infected person come into contact with mucous membranes such as the eyes or mouth, or open wounds and cuts, according to the National Library of Medicine.
Hagfish mucous also contains thread-like proteins that are incredibly tough, so much so that researchers are trying to figure out how they can use the slime to stop bleeding in accident victims, or make sustainable fabrics for clothes.
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Thomas Butler previously told Insider that Capnocytophaga bacteria can be spread when saliva comes in contact with an open wound, anywhere the skin is broken, or a mucous membrane like your eyes, nose, or mouth.
Doctors at the Charite hospital said the rapid onset of symptoms - including high blood pressure and dry mucous membranes - strongly indicated poisoning, but it was almost impossible to identify what poison had been used so long after it was administered.
Since sexual transmission of HIV occurs when infected bodily fluids enter blood through a mucous membrane (such as the vaginal lining), researchers believe that certain species of bacteria could make it easier for HIV to gain a foothold in the body.
Next time you see a smudge of discharge in your underwear, or maybe more than that or less, don't freak, because it's probably just mucous and cells, and is a sign that your vagina is functioning as it should be.
While it's not exactly clear how the needles at VIP were used, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C can be spread through needlestick and other sharp injuries, mucous membrane, and skin exposures.
The records and artifacts we do have show that the bases for these dentures were carefully carved out of hardwoods such as boxwood to naturally adhere to the toothless human mouth (thanks to saliva, mucous membranes, and the principles of absorption).
"If you get swelling there, it makes it that much more difficult for oxygen to swim across the mucous membrane," said Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips, the chief clinical officer for the Providence Health System, which included the hospital in Everett, Wash.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Leptospirosis can spread to humans through breaks in the skin and mucous membranes (eyes, mouth, nose) from being around urine from an infected dog, or playing in shared pools with the dog.
People with asthma and cystic fibrosis -- a genetic condition that can lead to excess mucous in the lungs -- are also more susceptible to lung disease from Aspergillus, which can cause pneumonia-like symptoms for them, such as coughing up mucus and wheezing.
The mucous coat may protect the lips from the stinging cells, help to seal them against the coral surface to enhance suction force and serve as a conveyor belt that captures the coral mucus and the stinging cells being ingested, the researchers said.
Regardless of the cause, a stuffy nose almost always comes down to the same problem: Some of the blood vessels and natural tissues in your nose, called the mucous membrane, are inflamed, which is what&aposs blocking your airway and causing congestion.
One of the more difficult challenges in public health has been to teach people to wash their hands frequently and to stop touching the facial mucous membranes — the eyes, nose and mouth, all entry portals for the new coronavirus and many other germs.
"Respiratory viruses don't infect through your skin, they infect through your mucous membranes: the eyes, nose, and mouth," Julie Vaishampayan, MD, chairwoman of the public health committee for the Infectious Diseases Society of America, said in an interview in The New York Times.
The paper, published last month in the journal Science, says these bacteria invade the protective mucous layer of the colon and create a small ecosystem, including nutrients the bacteria need to survive, causing chronic inflammation and subsequent DNA damage that supports tumor formation.
"Eyes, nose, mouth — all those mucous membranes are the portal into the body for a virus like Covid-19 or SARS," said Mary-Louise McLaws, professor of epidemiology, health care infection and infectious diseases control at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
In the new study, Segal's team discovered that through the day, bacteria was moving by a matter of microns (one micron is about one-hundredth the width of a human hair) either into or away from the mucous layer that lines the large intestine.
Giesing, who saw his star in the ascendant, agreed, but claims to have pointed out to the patient that all cocaine was absorbed by the nasal mucous membrane and passed into the blood supply, so he had to warn against too high a dose.
Scientists have figured out how one of the world's few coral-eating fish is able to withstand the venomous sting of sharp coral as it feeds: they lubricate their lips with mucous in order to quickly touch the coral and form a suction to remove the flesh.
"One of the things we've noticed, particularly on airplanes, is that as soon as your mucous membranes, particularly in your nose and your mouth, start to dry out, we lose one of the most valuable defenses for preventing respiratory viruses," Dr. Nicholas Testa told ABC News.
Shop the Braun Digital Ear Thermometer at Amazon, $35.41 Just like astronomers measure the temperature of stars and planets with infrared technology, you can quickly figure out your body temperature with aural thermometers, which Since this method avoids contact with mucous membranes, it eliminates the possibility of cross-infection and is also safer to use with newborns and critically ill patients. 
The clues feel a little easy for experienced NYT solvers, but the grid is my usual style, I think: a little movies/pop (KAZAAM), a little ancient (OUROBOROS), some history, politics and world culture (ZAPATISTA, HEBREW CALENDAR), a little science (MUCOUS MEMBRANE), a helping of scandal (the SCARSDALE diet), and plenty of food (EXTRA FRIES or, if you prefer, KALE SALAD).
" In a phone interview with Reuters Health, one protester who has been exposed to teargas described the experience as akin to "having your face shoved into mushed up jalapeños" In its official notice, the government said exposure could cause a "stinging and burning sensation to eyes and other mucous membranes, tearing, salivation, runny nose, tight chest, headache, nausea, burning sensation of skin, and erythema of skin.

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