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  • English Word Mesocoracoid Definition A process from the middle of the coracoid in some animals.
  • English Word Mesocuneiform Definition Alt. of Mesocuniform
  • English Word Mesocuniform Definition One of the bones of the tarsus. See 2d Cuneiform.
  • English Word Mesoderm Definition The layer of the blastoderm, between the ectoderm and endoderm; mesoblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm and Ectoderm.
  • English Word Mesoderm Definition The middle body layer in some invertebrates.
  • English Word Mesoderm Definition The middle layer of tissue in some vegetable structures.
  • English Word Mesodermal Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, the mesoderm; as, mesodermal tissues.
  • English Word Mesodermic Definition Same as Mesodermal.
  • English Word Mesodont Definition Having teeth of moderate size.
  • English Word Mesogaster Definition The fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity; the mesogastrium.
  • English Word Mesogastric Definition Of or pertaining to the middle region of the abdomen, or of the stomach.
  • English Word Mesogastric Definition Of or pertaining to the mesogaster.
  • English Word Mesogastric Definition Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the carapace of a crab.
  • English Word Mesogastrium Definition The umbilical region.
  • English Word Mesogastrium Definition The mesogaster.
  • English Word Mesogl/a Definition A thin gelatinous tissue separating the ectoderm and endoderm in certain coelenterates.
  • English Word Mesognathous Definition Having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.
  • English Word Mesohepar Definition A fold of the peritoneum connecting the liver with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity.
  • English Word Mesohippus Definition An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.
  • English Word Mesolabe Definition An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube.
  • English Word Mesole Definition Same as Thomsonite.
  • English Word Mesolite Definition A zeolitic mineral, grayish white or yellowish, occuring in delicate groups of crystals, also fibrous massive. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina, lime, and soda.
  • English Word Mesologarithm Definition A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent.
  • English Word Mesometrium Definition The fold of the peritoneum supporting the oviduct.
  • English Word Mesomyodian Definition A bird having a mesomyodous larynx.
  • English Word Mesomyodous Definition Having the intrinsic muscles of the larynx attached to the middle of the semirings.
  • English Word Meson Definition The mesial plane dividing the body of an animal into similar right and left halves. The line in which it meets the dorsal surface has been called the dorsimeson, and the corresponding ventral edge the ventrimeson.
  • English Word Mesonasal Definition Of or pertaining to the middle portion of the nasal region.
  • English Word Mesonephric Definition Of or pertaining to the mesonephros; as, the mesonephric, or Wolffian, duct.
  • English Word Mesonephros Definition The middle one of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates; the Wolffian body.