

MEGACERUS 



Megacerus (meg-as'-er-us) [fieyaq, large; nepaq, horn]. 



Large -horned ; having large antenna;. 

 Megacheilus [meg-ah-ki'-lits) [fityaq, large; X et/ °C, 



lip]. Large-lipped. 

 Megacoccus {meg-ah-kok' -us) [uh,aq, large; KOKKoq, a 



y]. A large-sized coccus. 

 Megadont ymeg' -ah-dont) [uh.aq, great ; 6<5oic, tooth]. 



In biology, having large teeth. Cf. Macrodont . 

 Megadyne (meg' a/i-din)[fieyaq, great ; dvvauiq, power] . 



A unit equal to a million dynes. 

 Vlegaelectrometer (meg-ah-e-lek-trom'-et-er) [ueyaq, 

 ; if/.EKTpov, amber ; fierpov, measure]. An 

 electrometer for measuring strong currents. 

 Megafarad (rneg-ah-far' '-ad ') [ueyaq, large ; Fa raday~\ . 



An electric unit equal to a million farads. 

 Megagastria (meg-ak-gas'-tre-ah) [ueyaq, great; 

 - p, belly]. Auxesis, or abnormal enlargement of 

 the abdomen, 

 tfegagnathus (meg-ah-gna' '-thus)[p.eyaq, large; yvddoq, 



jaw]. Large-jawed. 

 4egalerg (meg'-al-erg). See Electric Units. 

 degalesthete (meg'-al- es-thel) [fieyaq, great, large; 

 «io#//7//f, one who perceives]. In biology, Moseley's 

 term for peculiar organs of touch characteristic of the 

 Chitotiidi? ; the " papilliform bodies" of Van Bern - 

 melen. It is also written Megaleesthete. 

 degaloblast (tneg'-al-o-blast) [fieyaq, large ; fi/aaroq, 

 germ]. A giant-cell or giant-corpuscle of the blood. 

 S>ee Corpuscle. 

 Aegalocardia (meg- al-o- kar'-de-ah) [ueyaq, large; 

 mpdia, heart]. Auxesis, or enlargement of the heart, 

 legalocarpous (meg-al- o-kar'-pus) [ueyaq, great, 

 large ; mp~6q, fruit] . In biology, producing large 

 , fruit 



legalocelia (meg-al-o-se' -le-ah) [fieyaq, large ; Koi?ua, 

 belly]. Colon ; also megagastria, q. v. 

 legalocephalia (meg-al-o-sef-a' -le-ah) [fieyaq, large ; 

 '.head]. The condition of having a large or 

 megacephalic head. 



tegalocephalic (meg-al-o-sef-al'-ik). Same as Afega- 

 cephalic. 



Iegalocephaly (meg-al-o-sef'-al-e). See Megalocephalia. 

 Iegalocerus {meg-al-os'-er-us) [ueyaq, large; nepaq, 

 horn]. A monstrosity with horn-like projections on 

 the forehead. 



Iegalocheirous (meg-al-o-ki'-rus) [uh/ac, large ; X e 'P> 

 hand]. Large-handed ; having large antennae, 

 tegalocornea \ meg-al- o-kor'-ne-ah) [ueyaq, large; 

 ; cornea, cornea]. An enlarged condition of the cor- 

 nea ; it may depend upon congenital hypertrophy, 

 egalocyte (meg'-al-o-sit) [ueyaq, large ; niroq, cell]. 

 A red blood-corpuscle larger than the average; es- 

 pecially the form that characterizes pernicious anemia. 

 I See Corpuscle. 



egalodactylous (meg-al-o-dak' -til-us) [pb/aq, great ; 

 \6&Krv'/or, digit]. Having an abnormal or excessive 

 I development and size of the fingers or toes, 

 egalofrenum (meg-al-o-fre' -num) [fie} aq, large ; frce- 

 num, frenum]. An enlarged fourchet (Hadra). 

 egaloglossia \ meg-al- o-glos' -e-ah). Synonym of Mac- 

 roglossia. 



egalomania (meg-al-o-ma'-ne-ah) [ueyaq, great; 

 uavta, madness]. Insanity with delusional ideas of 

 ■ne's own greatness or exaltation ; applied especially 

 to cases that do not present general paralysis, but a 

 fixed and systematized delusion, or monomania of ex- 

 altation. 



egalomelia, Megalomelus (meg-al-ome' -le-ah, meg- 

 ■tf-om'-el-us) [iihjac, great ; ui'/.oc, limb]. Fetal tera- 

 tism characterized by great size of the limbs, 

 egalophonic, Megalophonous (meg-al-o-fo'-nik, 

 mtg-al-off'-o-nus). Synonym of Macrophonous. 

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737 MEIBOMIAN 



Megalopia (meg-al-o' '-pe-aK) . Synonym of Megalopsia. 



Megalopodia (ineg-al-o-po' -de-ah) [uejaq, large ; •zovq, 

 foot]. The condition of having large feet. 



Megalopore (meg / -al-o-por) [ueyaq (ueya/-), large : 

 -opoq, a pore or passage]. In biology, any large pore ; 

 specifically applied by Moseley to the larger of the 

 pores arranged in more or less definite patterns in the 

 tegmenta of the shells of nearly all chitonidse. Cf. 

 Micropore. 



Megalopolis (meg-al-op'-us). Synonym of Macropous. 



Megalops (meg* '-al-ops) [ueyaq, (ueya/.-), large; CjiI; 

 eye]. In biology, a stage in the development of cer- 

 tain crustaceans, characterized by relatively large eyes. 



Megalopsia (meg-al-op'-se-ah) [ueyac, large; oiptq, 

 sight]. An apparent increase in the size of objects, 

 ascribed to changes in the retinal end-organs, and to 

 spasm of accommodation. 



Megaloscope (meg'-al-o-skop) [ueyac, great; CKovelv, 

 to inspect]. A magnifying endoscope or speculum. 



Megaloscopy (meg-al-os' -ko-pe) [ueyac, large ; ano— elv, 

 to inspect]. Inspection by means of the megaloscope. 



Megalosplanchnos (meg-al-o-splangk'-nos) [fieyaq, 

 large ; cr-/d; X vov i viscus] . Possessing large viscera, 

 especially a large liver. 



Megalosplenia (meg-al-o-sple'-ne-ah) [fiiyac, great ; 

 a-'/.i/v, spleen]. Enlargement of the spleen. 



Meganucleus (meg-ah-nu' -kle-us) [fieyaq, large ; nu- 

 cleus, a kernel]. In biology, Maupas' term for the 

 macronucleus, nucleus, or endoblast, of authors. 



Megaphone (meg* -ah-fori) [uey aq, great ; oon'ij, sound]. 

 An instrument used for assisting the hearing of the 

 deaf, by means of large reflectors of the sound-waves. 



Megasclere (meg'-ah-shler)[pe- / aq, great, large ; OK/.r/p6q, 

 hard]. In biology, one of the large, skeletal spicules 

 of a sponge, as distinguished from a microsclere. 



Megascope (meg 7 -ah-skop) [pe^aq, large; CKorre'iv, to in- 

 spect]. A microscope for examining objects of com- 

 paratively large size. 



Megascopic (meg-ah-skop' -ik). See Macroscopic. 



Megaseme (meg'-ah-sem) [fie j aq, great ; aijua, sign, in- 

 dex]. See Index. 



Megaspore (meg'-ah-spor) [pb/aq, great, large; a~6poq, 

 seed]. Same as Macrospore. 



Megasthenic (meg-ah-sthen'-ik) [pb/aq, large; o6evoq, 

 strength] . Powerful ; having great bodily strength. 



Megastoma (meg-ak-sto'-mah) [ulyaq, large; crroua, 

 mouth]. A genus of infusorians. M. entericum, M. 

 intestinale, a species found in the intestinal canal 

 of the cat and of certain mice, and in human feces. 

 It is probably identical with Cercomonas intestinalis. 



Megastomatous (meg-ah-stc/ -mal-us). Synonym of 

 Macrostomatous. 



Megavolt (meg'-ah-voll). See Electric Units. 



Megazoospore (meg-az-c/ -o-spor) [ub/aq, great ; (yov, 

 animal ; c~6poq, seed]. Same as Macrozoospore. 



Meglin's Pills. Pills used in the treatment of neural- 

 gia. They contain extract of hyoscyamus, oxid- of 

 zinc, and extract of valerian, each ^ of a grain. 



Megohm {meg' -dm) [ueyaq, great; ohm~\. An electric 

 unit equal to one million ohms. 



Megrim [me' -grim or meg'-rini) [Fr., migraine; L., 

 hemicrania\ Neuralgia or headache of one half of 

 the head or upon one side, sometimes attended by 

 aphasic and visual symptoms and sensory disturbance. 

 See Hemicrania and Migraine. 



Menu's Test. See Tests, Table of. 



Meibomian (mi-bo' -me-an) [Meibomius, a German 

 physician]. Pertaining to Heinrich Meibom, or Mei- 

 bomius, a German physician, 1638-1700. M. Cyst, 

 a cyst of the Meibomian gland. M. Glands, the se- 

 baceous glands of the eyelids, each having an excre- 

 tory duct opening at the free border. Their secretion 



