1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 363/1Many naturalists appear to be satisfied that these *mucoso-calcareous bodies..are not of animal origin.
1848 Lindley Introd. Bot. i. i. §8 (ed. 4) I. 147[ tr. Mohl inAnn. desSci. Ser. ii. XIII. 223] The *mucosogranular mass continually increases in the interior wall of these cells.
1856 Mayne Expos. Lex. ,Muco-Purulent, *Mucoso-Purulent.
1847–54 Webster, *Mucoso-saccharine, partaking of the qualities of mucilage and sugar.
1891 Syd. Soc. Lex. ,Mucoso-saccharine.
mucoso-
combining form
Etymology: Latin mucosus mucous
: mucous and
< mucosopurulent >
< mucososaccharine >
< mucosopurulent >
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