Metuloids 



Microparasites 



from the liymenium of Peniophora, 

 giving it a velvety appearance. 



Miasm', Mias'ma {/xlaa-iJia, defilement), 

 Naegeli's term for those diseases 

 which are due to microbes. 



Micel'la (L. Lat. from mica, a crumb), 

 an aggregation of molecules in the 

 manner of a pleon, but in larger 

 numbers (Nageli) ; miceriar Ag'gre- 

 gate, a combination o^ Micellae. 



Micraerox'yl (iJ-iKphs, small ; a^. air ; 

 ^vKou, wood), dwarf woody plants, 

 with one main axis, and branches 

 free from the soil, as Calluna, or 

 Empetricm (Lindman) ; Micran'dre 

 {avi)p, avSpds, a man) = Dwarf- 

 male ; micro-aeroph'ilous (aV. a"' 5 

 (piXeoj, I love), Bcijerinck's term for 

 anaerobic, needing but little free 

 oxygen ; Microaplan'ospore (+ Ap- 

 lanospore), non-motile spores of 

 small size, possibly due to unfavour- 

 able surroundings (Thaxter) ; Mi- 

 crobacte'ria, pi. (+ Bacterium), 

 minute bacteria ; Microb'asis {$d(xis, 

 a base), a variety of the carcerule, 

 as in Labiates; Mi'crobe, pi. Afi- 

 cro'bia {$ios, life), Pasteur's term 

 for such organisms as Schizomycetes, 

 bacteria; Microbiol'ogy ( + Bio logy), 

 used by Duclaux for the biology of 

 ])acteria and enzymes ; miorobio'tic, 

 relating to microbes ; Microcen'trum 

 {centrum, Kfvrpov, a sharp point), 

 applied to the granular inclusions 

 in the astrosphere of leucocytes ; 

 probably the equivalent of Centro- 

 some (Farmer) ; Microchlor'oplast 

 (-f Chloropla.st), chlorophyll gran- 

 ules in Tillandsia of minute size, 

 constituting MEGACiiLOJiorLASTB 

 (Billings); Micrococ'cus, pi. Micro- 

 coc'ci {kSkkos, a kernel), a genus of 

 bacteria, sometimes used to express 

 microbiotic organisms ; Microcon'id, 

 Microconid'him, pi. Microconidia 

 (+ Conidium), the smaller conidia, 

 when two sizes are produced ; Mi'- 

 crocyst (kuo-tiv, a bag), an amoeboid 

 (;ell which is stirrounded by a mem- 

 brane, the resting state of swarm- 

 cclls of Myxogastres ; Mi'croderm 

 {S4piia, skin) = Microbe; Mi'cro- 



di'odange (+ Diode ; ayyf7ov, a 

 vessel). Van Tieghem's term for 

 pollen-sac; Microdi'ode, the same 

 botanist's expression for pollen- 

 grain; Microflor'a (-[-Flora), (1) 

 the alpine flora, especially when 

 small and massed (Freshfield) ; (2) 

 the microscopic flora of a given 

 locality ; Mi'croform {forma, shape), 

 used of a heteroecious Fungus with 

 teleutospores only, which germinate 

 only after a resting period; Micro- 

 fun'gi (-f Fungus), minute Fungi; 

 Microgam'etes (+ Gamete), the 

 smaller and male motile cells of 

 Al^ae ; Microgam'etophyte, the 

 individual bearing the male sexual 

 organs of a dioecious species; adj. 

 microgametophyt'ic ; Microge'oxyl 

 {y}), the earth ; ^v\ov, wood), lowly 

 woody plants, with numerous stems 

 arising from a subterranean root-« 

 stock, as Eosa or Vaccinium (Lind- 

 man) ; Mi'crogerm {germen, offshoot) 

 =a Microbe ; Microgonid'ium (-|- 

 Gonidium), (1) a small gonidium, 

 as compared with others produced 

 by the same species ; (2) small 

 bodies in Cyanophyceae derived from 

 the division of gonidia (Brand); 

 MicroU'chens {+ Lichen), minute 

 Lichens ; Micromelittoph'ilae {/xtKir- 

 ra, a bee ; (piXiw, I love\ applied to 

 those flowers whose fertilization is 

 elfcctcd by small bees and similar 

 insects ; the attraction is incom- 

 prehensible by human sense; 

 Microm'eter {yUrpov, a measure), a 

 device or apparatus to measure 

 minute dimensions ; Micromil'li- 

 meter, the thousandth part of a 

 millimeter, and the unit of micro- 

 scopic measurement, denoted by the 

 sign /i ; Micromyiopb'ilae {i^vla, a 

 fly; (piKioj, I love), flowers which 

 arc fertilized by small flies which 

 are often imjtrisoned ; adj. micromy- 

 ioph'ilous; Mi'cron, a micromilli- 

 metre ; micron'ic, visible under the 

 microscope; Micronu'cleus (-j- Nu- 

 cleus), derivatives of the nucleolus 

 by its breaking up ; Micropar'asites 

 (-f Parasite), minute organisms 



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