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mucosanguineous en · ADJ

Etymology

From muco- + sanguineous.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Containing mucus and blood.
    • A mucosanguineous, odorous discharge may indicate vaginal metastasis. 2010, Ehren Myers, Rnotes: Nurse's Clinical Pocket Guide, third edition:
    • Patients with dysentery have mucosanguineous evacuations, with moderate colic pain preceding discharge, and rectal tenesmus. 2009, Jean-Claude Givel, Neil James Mortensen, Bruno Roche, eds., Anorectal and Colonic Diseases: A Practical Guide to Their Management, third edition:
    • A gauze pad taped to the upper lip facilitates management of small amounts of mucosanguineous rhinorrhea. 2008, Eugene N. Myers, Operative Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, second edition, volume I:

Synonyms

mucobloody