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- English Word Mycoderma Definition A genus of microorganisms of which the acetic ferment (Mycoderma aceti), which converts alcoholic fluids into vinegar, is a representative. Cf. Mother.
- English Word Mycologic Definition Alt. of Mycological
- English Word Mycological Definition Of or relating to mycology, or the fungi.
- English Word Mycologist Definition One who is versed in, or who studies, mycology.
- English Word Mycology Definition That branch of botanical science which relates to the musgrooms and other fungi.
- English Word Mycomelic Definition Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid of the alloxan group, obtained as a honey-yellow powder. Its solutions have a gelatinous consistency.
- English Word Mycoprotein Definition The protoplasmic matter of which bacteria are composed.
- English Word Mycose Definition A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose and obtained from certain lichens and fungi. Called also trehalose.
- English Word Mycothrix Definition The chain of micrococci formed by the division of the micrococci in multiplication.
- English Word Mydaleine Definition A toxic alkaloid (ptomaine) obtained from putrid flesh and from herring brines. As a poison it is said to execute profuse diarrhoea, vomiting, and intestinal inflammation.
- English Word Mydatoxin Definition A poisonous amido acid, C6H13NO2, separated by Brieger from decaying horseflesh. In physiological action, it is similar to curare.
- English Word Mydaus Definition The teledu.
- English Word Mydriasis Definition A long-continued or excessive dilatation of the pupil of the eye.
- English Word Mydriatic Definition Causing dilatation of the pupil.
- English Word Mydriatic Definition A mydriatic medicine or agent, as belladonna.
- English Word Myelencephala Definition Same as Vertebrata.
- English Word Myelencephalic Definition Of or pertaining to the myelencephalon; cerebro-spinal.
- English Word Myelencephalon Definition The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; the neuron. Sometimes abbreviated to myelencephal.
- English Word Myelencephalon Definition The metencephalon.
- English Word Myelencephalous Definition Of or pertaining to the Myelencephala.
- English Word Myelin Definition A soft white substance constituting the medullary sheats of nerve fibers, and composed mainly of cholesterin, lecithin, cerebrin, albumin, and some fat.
- English Word Myelin Definition One of a group of phosphorized principles occurring in nerve tissue, both in the brain and nerve fibers.
- English Word Myelitis Definition Inflammation of the spinal marrow or its membranes.
- English Word Myelocoele Definition The central canal of the spinal cord.
- English Word Myelogenic Definition Derived from, or pertaining to, the bone marrow.
- English Word Myeloid Definition Resembling marrow in appearance or consistency; as, a myeloid tumor.
- English Word Myeloidin Definition A substance, present in the protoplasm of the retinal epithelium cells, and resembling, if not identical with, the substance (myelin) forming the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers.
- English Word Myelon Definition The spinal cord. (Sometimes abbrev. to myel.)
- English Word Myelonal Definition Of or pertaining to the myelon; as, the myelonal, or spinal, nerves.
- English Word Myeloneura Definition The Vertebrata.