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You Think It's Mucus, but It's Not - ABC News

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In polite circles and among health care professionals, they tend to call it mucus. But you and I may simply call it snot. No matter which word you use, when you have a cold or flu, you usually an increased supply of it. And your nose feels like a mucus factory working 24/7, revving up its production almost as fast as you can clear the stuff away.

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