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funny...we just got a tip on this..which said to use mucus in that case and mucous membranes for the

Posted By: NY2 on 2009-01-13
In Reply to: mucus plug or mucous plug? - Txs

Subject: funny...we just got a tip on this..which said to use mucus in that case and mucous membranes for the other. NM

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Subject: Mucous or mucus?

This one always confuses me.  Patient has a mucus retenion cyst.   I have found both mucous and mucus in this case.  I know that mucous is an adj.  Thanks in advance for all your help! 
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Subject: mucus/mucous

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She coughed up mucus.
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Subject: mucus/mucous

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Subject: Mucus versus mucous

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Subject: Mucous versus mucus?

I have a serious question about the difference between the spellings of mucous and mucus.  Both are words.  QA sometimes frowns on the use of mucous (wanting mucus), but I found mucous in the client samples.  What is the difference?  Can someone tell me when I should use one spelling as apposed to the other and/or which is correct and which is not?


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Mucus versus mucous
Subject: Mucus versus mucous

Down below there was a question about how mucous plug should be written. This is not an either/or question. There is a right and wrong, if you remember your sixth grade grammar.

Mucus is a noun (a person, place, or thing).
Mucous is an adjective (describes a noun).

It's cut and dry. Very simple. Mucous describes the plug. It could be a cork plug, gum plug, dyke plug, cement plus. All are adjectives describing the noun "plug."

If you need a refresher, let me share my Schoolhouse Rock from the 70s.

NOUNS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2iLAI0gUW0

ADJECTIVES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j347DjSve0
Mucus versus mucous
Subject: Mucus versus mucous

Teardrop, I cannot believe you would be so high and mighty to someone asking for help. Sure hope you are not a supervisor and someone asking for help from you personally.
mucous is adjective, mucus is noun
Subject: mucous is adjective, mucus is noun

mucous plug: a mass of mucus and cells filling the cervical canal between periods or during pregnancy

mu·cous (myū'kəs) pronunciation
adj.

1. Containing, producing, or secreting mucus: a mucous tissue.
2. Relating to, consisting of, or resembling mucus: a mucous substance.


mu·cus (myū'kəs) pronunciation
n.

The viscous, slippery substance that consists chiefly of mucin, water, cells, and inorganic salts and is secreted as a protective lubricant coating by cells and glands of the mucous membranes.
mucus is a noun and mucous is an adjective nm
Subject: mucus is a noun and mucous is an adjective nm

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Subject: It's similar to mucus/mucous. ous is an adjective, us the noun, sm

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Subject: Mucus is the noun, mucous is the adjective. That's how I remember. Just like in your example...

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In Stedman's it's mucus plug and mucous plugging.nm
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Teardrop is correct, mucus = noun, mucous = adjective
Subject: Teardrop is correct, mucus = noun, mucous = adjective


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Subject: I was not arguing *mucus/mucous plug*. I was arguing the use of

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Subject: mucus plugging or mucous plugging

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mucus plug or mucous plug?
Subject: mucus plug or mucous plug?

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mucus plug or mucous plug?
Subject: mucus plug or mucous plug?

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Subject: mucus

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Subject: mucus for me

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It could be mucus....sm
Subject: It could be mucus....sm

 


like hairpeice - it doesn't have to be hairy peice.  or ice cube...it is ice in the shape of a cube...it doesn't have to be icy cube. 


mucus...sm
Subject: mucus...sm


mucus is the actual stuff secreted.

mucous is more like covered with mucus as with the membranes.