mucoidyn.
/ˈmjuːkɔɪdi/, U.S. /ˈmjuˌkɔɪdi/ Microbiology.
The property or trait of being mucoid.
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pituosity1617
mucousness1683
mucosity1684
muculency1721
mucoidy1973
1973 Genetics 74 223 It may be that the inseparability of mucoidy and radiation sensitivity is the result of a novel genetic property.
1986 Jrnl. Bacteriol. 165 510 These results suggest a direct relationship between amplification of this chromosomal segment and the induction of mucoidy.
1998 Molecular Microbiol. 30 933 This suggests that the genetic rearrangements that trigger mucoidy in P. aeruginosa also allow retention of elastase in the periplasm in an active oligomeric form.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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