seromucous

seromucous
Pertaining to a mixture of watery and mucinous material, such as that of certain glands.

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se·ro·mu·cous -'myü-kəs adj containing or consisting of a mixture of serum and mucus

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se·ro·mu·cous (sēr″o-muґkəs) partly serous and partly mucous.

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