Does the word mucus have a plural? If so, how would it be spelled?

Shiningstar7

muci Number Singular Plural nominative mūcus mūcī http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mucus May 29 11, 11:38 PM

abechstein

"Mucus" is a collective noun, like "blood" or "lymph" or "phlegm", and doesn't have a plural. http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mucus?view=uk This site refers to nouns of this type as a "mass noun"; another site refers to them as "uncountable": http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/mucus May 29 11, 11:40 PM

29CoveRoad

so who's right here? Each link contradicts the other! May 29 11, 11:43 PM

abechstein

Let me elaborate a little: the English word "mucus" doesn't have a plural form, but the Latin word "mucus", from which the English word is taken, would have the plural form "muci" (though I can't imagine any plural usage in Latin, either). Source: the above cites and 11 years of studying Latin. The Wiktionary page cited earlier refers specifically to the Latin "mucus", which is why there's an apparent contradiction. That page also lists the English "mucus" as "uncountable". May 29 11, 11:50 PM

29CoveRoad

thanks for the clarification abechstein..I needed that May 30 11, 7:28 PM