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Your body's slippery bodyguard, gross enough to work and gross enough to mention.
means The slimy fluid your membranes secrete to trap germs, dust, and debris while keeping tissues moist.
from From Latin mucus, nasal discharge, related to mucere, to be moldy or slimy — the Romans named it after exactly what you'd guess.
Daily outputYou make about a liter every single day.
Built-in flytrapTraps pathogens before they reach your lungs.
Color codeGreen snot signals immune cells at war.
Stomach shieldMucus stops your gut from digesting itself.