mucor

/ˈmjuːkə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

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noun

The property of being mucid.

Obsolete; Uncountable

"This day I perceived one tulip in the compreſſed air to be infected vvith ſome mucor or ſinevv; but thoſe, vvhich remained in the common air, vvere all very mucid; and alſo one of the lark-ſpurs, in the common air, had contracted a mucor."

Borrowed from Latin mucor.

mucormycosis

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How do you pronounce mucor?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmjuːkə(ɹ)/.

What does mucor mean?

The property of being mucid.

Where does mucor come from?

It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce mucor

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