mucopus

English

Etymology

muco- +‎ pus

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmjuːkəʊpʌs/

Noun

mucopus (uncountable)

(medicine) a mixture of mucus and pus
- 1934, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer:
  A Saturday afternoon and a ‘misfire’ books in my hands. Everything swimming in a divine mucopus.

Translations

mixture of mucus and pus

Italian: mucopus (it) m

Italian

Etymology

From muco +‎ pus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌmu.koˈpus/
Rhymes: -us
Hyphenation: mu‧co‧pùs

Noun

mucopus m (invariable)

(medicine) mucopus

Further reading

mucopus in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
mucopùs in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
mucopùs in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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