MASCARPIO 



plants. See Aspidium Jilix mas. 2. The center-pin 

 of a trephine. 



Mascarpio (mas-kahr* '-pe-o) \tnas, male ; carpere, to 

 pluck]. A masturbator. 



Maschaladenitis (mas-kal-ad-en-i'-tis) \jiaaxd/.ij. ax- 

 illa; adijv, gland ; trig, inflammation]. Inflammation 

 of the glands of the axilla. 



Maschaleous (mas-kal'-e-us) [uaox&V, axilla] . Per- 

 taining to the axilla. 



Maschaliatria (mas-kal-e-a'-tre-ah) [jxaaxd/.tj, axilla ; 

 • iarpeia, treatment]. Treatment by inunctions in the 

 axilla. 



Maschalister (nuxs-kal' -is-ter) [uaoxal-uniip, girth, 

 girdle]. The second cervical vertebra, the axis. 



Maschaloncus (mas-kal-ong'-kus) [fiaoxdi/>j, axilla; 

 IryKoc, tumor]. An axillary tumor. 



Maschalopanus (mas-kal-op > '-an-us). Synonym of 



Maschalyperidrosis (mas-kal-ip-er-id-ro / -sis) [uao- 

 , axilla; i'-fp, over; Idpuaic, sweating]. Ex- 

 ive sweating in the armpits. 



Masculine (mas'-ku-lin), Masculous (mas' -ku-lus) 

 [dim. of mas, a male]. Of the male sex. 



Masesis mas-e'-sis). Synonym of Mastication. 



Maseter twas'-e-ter). Synonym of Masseter. See 

 Muscles, Table of. 



Mash [ME., masche, mash]. A mixture of malt and 

 water prepared in breweries and distilleries for making 

 beers and spirits. Also, the mixture of grains used in 

 feeding animals. 



Mask {mask) [Fr., masque, a mask]. I. In biology, a 

 mask like formation or coloration of the head ; a hood 

 or capistrum. 2. In surgery, a bandage applied to 

 the face in case of erysipelas and extensive burns or 

 scalds. 3. Synonym of Chloasma. M., Death, a 

 cast of the face of a dead person made by covering 

 it with plaster-of-Paris or similar material, which is 

 removed when hard. M. of Pregnant Women, the 

 chloasma of pregnancy. 



Masked (maskt) [Fr., masque, a mask]. Covered with 

 a mask ; concealed. In biology, applied to insects in 

 the larval state, especially such as indicate by lines on 

 the surface the future wings, legs, and other parts 

 of the imago. In botany, the same as Personate. M. 

 Disease, one that is concealed by concomitant symp- 

 toms. M. Epilepsy. See Epilepsy. M. Malaria. 

 Dumb Ague and Malarial Feier. M. Reaction, 

 in chemistry, one that is concealed by a concurrent 

 reaction. 



Masochism (mas' -o-kizm) [from Sa.cher- Afasoch, an 

 strian novelist]. Sexual perversion in which the 

 pervert takes delight in being subjected to degrading, 

 humiliating, or cruel acts on the part of his or her 

 associate. It is the opposite of Sadism. The victims 

 of this perversion experience peculiar pleasure at the 

 sight of a rival who has obtained the favor of their 

 mistress, and will even receive blows and lashes from 

 the rival with a voluptuous mixture of pain and 

 pleasure. Masochism corresponds to the Passivism 

 of Stefanowski. 



Vlasochist 1 mas'-o-kist ) [Afasoch, from Sacher- Masoch, 

 an Austrian novelist]. One addicted to masochism. 



Masochistic (mas-o-kis'- tik) [Sacher- Masoch, an 

 Austrian novelist]. Relating to masochism. 



wason's Lung. A synonvm of Pneumonokoniosis. 

 M.'s Method. See treatment, Methods of. 



Masque (mask) [Fr.]. Reaumur's name for a grayish- 

 brown, rounded part of the sexual apparatus of the 

 drone-bee. It is thickly set with short spines having 

 curved points. Also see Mask. 



Masrite (maz'-ru). See Masrium. 



Masrium \maz'-re-um) [Arab., masr, Egypt.]. A 



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MASTALGIA 



metal described as a new element, found in Egypt 

 in a mineral first called " Johnsonite," but later mas- 

 rite. The mineral, masrite, has the formula (Al,- 

 Fe),0 3 .(MsMnCoFe)0.4S0 3 .2oHjO. See Elements, 

 Table of. Masrium has an atomic weight of 228. 

 The sulphate, is a white salt, crystallizing poorly 

 from water, but readily from a fifty per cent, alco- 

 holic solution. The reactions of a soluble salt of 

 masrium resemble those of zinc. The free metal has 

 not been obtained ; neither has its vapor-density been 

 determined, or spectroscopic examination made. 



Mass (mas) [massa, a mass]. Any aggregation of 

 matter. M., Blue. See Hydrargyrum. M., Inter- 

 mediate Cell, that part of the embryo from which 

 the mesonephros is developed. M., Investing, the 

 tissue that in early embryonic development surrounds 

 the cranial portion of the notochord, and later is trans- 

 formed into the parachordal cartilages. M., Vallet's, 

 massa ferri carbonatis. See Ferrum. 



Massa (mas' -ah) [L.]. A mass. In pharmacy, a 

 medicinal substance together with an excipient that 

 gives it the adhesive, plastic quality necessary to form 

 a pill. There are three official massa. 



Massage (mas-ahzh') [Fr., from fidaaeiv, to knead]. 

 A method of effecting changes in the local and gen- 

 eral nutrition, action, and other functions of the body, 

 by rubbing, kneading, and other manipulation of the 

 superficial parts of the body by the hand or an instru- 

 ment. A male operator is called a masseur, a female 

 operator, a masseuse. M., Friction, superficial rubbing. 

 M. Method of Treating Lacrymal Stenosis. 

 See Gould's Method, under Treatment, Methods of. 



Massering (mas-er' -ring) [Fr. , from ftaaativ, to knead]. 

 The performance of massage. 



Massesis (mas-e'-sis). Synonym of Mastication. 



Masset's Test. See Tests, Table of. 



Masseter (mas-e'-ter) [uaor/TW, chewer]. See Afuscle. 



Masseteric (mas-et-er'-ik) [uatnjTTip, chewer]. Masse- 

 terine ; pertaining to the masseter muscle. 



Masseterine (mas-et'-er-en) [fiaatirijp, chewer]. Per- 

 taining to the masseter muscle. 



Masseur(w*w-«r / )[Fr.]. A man who practises massage. 



Masseuse (mas-u(r)z') [Fr.]. A woman who practises 

 massage. 



Massicot (mas'-ik-ot) [Fr.]. PbO. Yellow protoxid 

 of lead; litharge. 



Massotherapeutics, Massotherapy (mas-o-ther-ap-u' - 

 tiks, mas-o-ther* '-ap-e) [udaaeiv, to knead ; depa—i-eiv, 

 to treat]. The treatment of disease by means of 

 massage. 



Massoy Bark (mas-oi' bark). I. The bark of Cin- 

 namomum kiamis, of the E. Indies ; aromatic and 

 antidysenteric; it affords the volatile oil of massoy. 2. 

 The bark of Massoia aromatica , a tree of New Guinea. 



Massula (mas' -su-lah) [L., dim. of massa, a lump or 

 mass: //., Massula]. In biology: (a) an adherent 

 group of pollen-grains produced by a single mother- 

 cell, (b) One of the two or more spheric masses con- 

 taining microspores, and derived from the mucilage of 

 the microsporangia of Azolla. These masses are 

 sometimes covered with barbed hair-like appendages, 

 called glochids. 



Mast-cells. Cells filled with basophile granules, found 

 in the connective tissue and in foci of chronic inflam- 

 mation. 



Mastaden (mas' -ta-den) {jiaaroc, breast ; adi/v, gland]. 

 The mammary gland. 



Mastadenitis (mas-tad-en-i 1 '-tis) [uaardc, breast; a6ip> t 

 gland ; mf, inflammation]. Inflammation of the 

 mammary gland. 



Mastalgia (mas-tal' -je-ah) \jiaar6c, breast ; a'/.yoc, pain]. 

 Any pain in the breast. 



