mucilloid en · NOUN
Etymology
From mucil(age) + -oid.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A substance prepared from mucilage.
The effectiveness of dietary fiber in diminishing the number and severity of GI side effect was demonstrated in a pancreatic lipase inhibitor study, which concluded that the mucilloid of dietary fiber prevents the GI side effect, most probably by absorbing free fat (oil) (30).
2013 January, Barbara Grube, Pee-Win Chong, Kai-Zhia Lau, Hans-Dieter Orzechowski, “A Natural Fiber Complex Reduces Body Weight in the Overweight and Obese: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study”, in Obesity, volume 21, number 1, →DOI, →PMID, page 63:METAMUCIL® is the highly refined mucilloid of Plantago ovata (50%), a seed of the psyllium group, combined with dextrose (50%) as a dispersing agent.
1951 March, “You Can Assure… adequate water, bulk, dispersion with METAMUCIL [advertisement]”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 3, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 185:Feeding psyllium mucilloid may promote colonic healing in horses with RDUC.
2008, Bradford P. Smith, Large Animal Internal Medicine, page 757:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mucilloids | Number=Plur | lexicographic |