glairy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having a slimy, viscous, translucent consistency like egg white

   The physician noted a glairy layer of mucus in the sample.

Formed from glair (egg white, or a preparation made from it) + -y. Glair entered English through Old French. The adjective came to be used especially in medical descriptions of clear, sticky fluids resembling raw egg white.

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