Webster's Dictionary 1913

2593

Mesogastric

Mes′o‐gas″tric (?), a. [Meso- + gastric.]1. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the middle region of the abdomen, or of the stomach. (b) Of or pertaining to the mesogaster.2. (Zoöl....

2594

Mesogastrium

‖Mes′o‐gas″tri‐um (?), n. [NL. See Mesogaster.] (Anat.) (a) The umbilical region. (b) The mesogaster.

2595

Mesoglœa

‖Mes′o‐glœ″a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μέσοσ middle + � a glutinous substance.] (Zoöl.) A thin gelatinous tissue separating the ectoderm and endoderm in certain cœlenterates. — Mes′...

2596

Mesognathous

Me‐sog″na‐thous (?), a. [Meso- + Gr. γνάθοσ jaw.] (Anat.) Having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.

2597

Mesohepar

‖Mes′o‐he″par (?), n. [NL. See Meso-, and Hepar.] (Anat.) A fold of the peritoneum connecting the liver with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity.

2598

Mesohippus

‖Mes′o‐hip″pus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μέσοσ middle + � a horse.] (Paleon.) An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.

2599

Mesolabe

Mes″o‐labe (?), n. [L. mesolabium, Gr. �; μέσοσ middle + � to take.] An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solvin...

2600

Mesole

Mes″ole (?), n. [Gr. μέσοσ middle.] (Min.) Same as Thomsonite.

2601

Mesolite

Mes″o‐lite (?; 277), n. [Meso- + -lite.] (Min.) A zeolitic mineral, grayish white or yellowish, occuring in delicate groups of crystals, also fibrous massive. It is a hydrous si...

2602

Mesologarithm

Mes′o‐log″a‐rithm (?), n. [Meso- + logarithm: cf. F. mésologarithme.] (Math.) A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent. Kepler. Hutton.

2603

Mesometrium

‖Mes′o‐me″tri‐um (?), n. [NL. See Meso-, and Metrium.] (Anat.) The fold of the peritoneum supporting the oviduct.

2604

Mesomycetes

‖Mes′o‐my‐ce″tes (?), n. pl. [NL.; meso- + mycetes.] (Bot.) One of the three classes into which the fungi are divided in Brefeld's classification. — ‖Mes′o‐my‐ce″tous (#), a.

2605

Mesomyodian

Mes′o‐my‐o″di‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) A bird having a mesomyodous larynx.

2606

Mesomyodous

Mes′o‐my″o‐dous (?), a. [Meso- + Gr. �, �, a muscle.] (Zoöl.) Having the intrinsic muscles of the larynx attached to the middle of the semirings.

2607

Meson

‖Mes″on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μέσον middle, neut. of μέσοσ, a., middle.] (Anat.) The mesial plane dividing the body of an animal into similar right and left halves. The line in ...

2608

Mesonasal

Mes′o‐na″sal (?), a. [Meso- + nasal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the middle portion of the nasal region.

2609

Mesonephric

Mes′o‐neph″ric (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mesonephros; as, the mesonephric, or Wolffian, duct.

2610

Mesonephros

‖Mes′o‐neph″ros (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μέσοσ middle + νεφρόσ kidney.] (Anat.) The middle one of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates; the Wolff...

2611

Mesonotum

‖Mes′o‐no″tum (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μέσοσ middle + νω̑τον the back.] (Zoöl.) The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects.

2612

Mesophlœum

‖Mes′o‐phlœ″um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μέσοσ middle + φλοιόσ bark.] (Bot.) The middle bark of a tree; the green layer of bark, usually soon covered by the outer or corky layer, an...

2613

Mesophryon

‖Me‐soph″ry‐on (?), n. [NL., from Gr. μεσόφρυον.] (Anat.) See Glabella.

2614

Mesophyllum

‖Mes′o‐phyl″lum (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μέσοσ middle + φύλλον leaf.] (Bot.) The parenchyma of a leaf between the skin of the two surfaces. Gray.

2615

Mesoplast

Mes″o‐plast (?), n. [Meso- + -plast.] (Biol.) The nucleus of a cell; mesoblast. Agassiz.

2616

Mesopodial

Mes′o‐po″di‐al (mĕs′ō̍‐pō″dĭ‐al), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mesopodialia or to the parts of the limbs to which they belong.

2617

Mesopodiale

‖Mes′o‐po′di‐a″le (?), n.; pl.Mesopodialia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. μέσοσ middle + �, dim. of πούσ, ποδόσ, foot.] (Anat.) One of the bones of either the carpus or tarsus.

2618

Mesopodium

‖Mes′o‐po″di‐um (?), n. [NL. See Mesopodiale.] (Zoöl.) The middle portion of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.

2619

Mesopterygium

‖Me‐sop′te‐ryg″i‐um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μέσοσ middle + � a fin.] (Anat.) The middle one of the three principal basal cartilages in the fins of fishes. — ‖Me‐sop′ter‐yg″i‐al (#...