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M1SONEISM 



Minor (mi* -nor) [L., "less"]. I. Less; lesser; 

 smaller. 2. An individual under legal age ; one under 

 the authority of parents or guardians. M. Surgery. 

 See Surgery, Minor. 



Minoration [mi - nor - a' - shun) [ininorare, to make 

 smaller]. Gentle purgation, or emesis. 



Minorative {ini'-nor-a-tiv) \tninorare, to make smaller]. 

 I. Effecting minoration. 2. A gently purgative 

 remedy. 



Minot's Theory. See Heredity. 



Mint. See Mentha. M. -worts. See Labiate Plants. 



Minutio [min-u' -she-o) [L.]. Synonym of Minoration. 

 M. morrachi. An old method of reducing the 

 strength of young men by venesection or other deriva- 

 tive means, in order to exert an anaphrodisiac in- 

 fluence. 



Minythesis {min-ith-e'-sis)\_fiLvvdriaiq, decrease]. Lysis; 

 the stage of decrease in an attack of disease. 



Mioangioneurosis {ini-o-an-je-o-nu-ro' '-sis) [/ueiuv, 

 lesser; ayyeiov, vessel; vevpov, nerve; voaoq, disease]. 

 A nervous disorder of the smaller blood-vessels ; a 

 vaso-motor or vaso-inhibitory disturbance. 



Miocardia (mi-o-kar' '-de-ah) [_/xeiuv, less ; mpdia, heart]. 

 The systolic diminution of the volume of the heart. 

 See Auxocardia. 



Miocatantis [mi-o-kat-an'-tis) [jieiuv, lesser; Karavrr/g, 

 sleep]. Lissauer's term for a skull in which the 

 angle formed between the radius fixus and the line 

 joining the hormion and the staphylion is between 23 

 and 45 . 



Miokatantis {ini-o-kat-an 1 '-tis). See Miocatantis. 



Miophylly {itii-off'-il-e) \jitiuv, less; <pvA?Mi>, a leaf]. 

 In biology, the diminution by suppression of the 

 number of leaves in a whorl. 



Miopragia [mi-o-pra'-je-ah) \_neiuv, less; irpdaaeiv, to 

 do]. Diminished functional activity. 



Miopragic (ini-o-praf -ik) [,«e/wv, less ; Ttpdaaeiv, to do]. 

 Resulting from too little activity. 



Miosis [mi-o'-sis) [pie lumjiq ; peiuv, less]. I. Contrac- 

 tion or decrease in the size of an organ, especially of 

 the pupil. 2. A lessening of the intensity of existing 

 symptoms. 



Miostemonous (mi-o-stem'-o-nus) [peiuv, less ; aTrj/iuv, 

 stamen]. Having the stamens fewer in number than 

 the petals. 



Miot's Operation. See Operations, Table of. 



Miotaxy {mi' -o-taks-e) [fieiuv, less ; rdijig, arrange- 

 ment]. In biology, the complete suppression of an 

 entire set of organs, as of the stamens, the petals, or 

 the sepals of a flower. 



Miotic [mi-ot'-ik) [fieiuTindg, from iieluv, less]. I. 

 Pertaining to, or characterized by, miosis ; causing 

 contraction of the pupil. 2. Any agent or medicine 

 that contracts the pupil. 



Miquel's Bulb. An apparatus for air-analysis. 



Mirage (mer-ahzh') \Yr.,mirer,io look at carefully]. 

 An illusion caused by the reflection of objects against 

 the surface upon which two layers of air of unequal 

 density rest, the lighter on the heavier. 



Mirbane, Oil of. A name for nitrobenzene. 



Mirbel, Glands of. See Gland. 



Mire (nier) [Fr., the sight of a gun ; a target]. 

 Figures used upon the perimeter-bar of the ophthal- 

 mometer of Javal and Schiotz ; by observing the varia- 

 tions of their images, as reflected from different merid- 

 ians of the cornea, the measurement of corneal astig- 

 matism is effected . 



Mirocele (mir'-o-sel). Same as Merocele. 



Mirror (mir f -or) [Fr., mirer\. I. A term applied to 

 any polished surface that reflects a large proportion of 

 the licjht falling upon it, especially a glass silvered on 

 the anterior, or coated with a tin-amalgam on the 



posterior surface. Mirrors, plane or focusing, are 

 used in the ophthalmoscope, laryngoscope, otoscope, 

 etc., tc reflect light into the cavity studied, and thus 

 illuminate it for observation. 2. The movable silvered 

 glass with a plane and a concave face for illuminating 

 the object in microscopic observation. M. -bar, the bar 

 supporting the mirror of a microscope. M., Den- 

 tists', a small speculum designed for the examination 

 of the teeth ; a mouth-glass. M., Frontal, M., Head, 

 a circular mirror with a central perforation, strapped 

 to the head by a band, and used to throw light on parts 

 to be examined. M.- writing, a peculiarity of pen- 

 manship observed in left-handed persons, and charac- 

 terized by a reversal of the form and arrangement of 

 the letters, which appear as if seen in a mirror. 



Miryachit (mer-e' '-asch-it) [Rus. , " to play the fool "]. 

 A peculiar disease observed in some Oriental tribes, 

 the chief characteristic of which consists in mimicry 

 by the patient of everything said or done by another. 

 The same disease is called Lata by the. Javanese. It 

 is also allied to the "Jumpers" of Canada. See 

 Palmus. 



Misanthrope [mis' ' -an-throp) \_p,ujelv, to hate; dvdpu-og, 

 man]. A melancholy person; one who has an aver- 

 sion to society. 



Misanthropy [mis-an' -thro-pe) [nioelv, to hate ; avfipu-oq, 

 man]. Aversion to human society; a symptom not 

 rare in melancholia. 



Misbirth [mis-berth'). Synonym of Abortion. 



Miscarriage (jtiis-kdr'-aj) [ME., mis-, wrong, bad; 

 carriage, burden] . The expulsion of the fetus between 

 the fourth and the sixth month of pregnancy. 



Miscarry (mis-hdr'-e) [ME., miscarien, to miscarry]. 

 To give birth to a non-viable fetus. 



Miscegenation (mis-ej-en-a'-shun) \_miscere, to mix ; 

 genus, race]. Mixture of different races by inter- 

 marriage. 



Miscible (niis'-ib-l) [miscere, to mix]. Capable of 

 being mixed. 



Misemission (mis-e-mish'-un) [ME., mis-, wrong; 

 emittere, to send forth]. A form of sterility in the 

 male in which fertile semen may be secreted and 

 ejaculated, but for some reason fails to be so de- 

 posited in the female organs as to come in contact 

 with the ovum and impregnate it. Usually it is due 

 to some malformation of the urethra. 



Miserere mei [miz-er-a'-ra ma'-e) [L., "have mercy 

 on me"]. An old name for volvulus, or intestinal 

 colic ; also for stercoraceous vomiting. 



Mislactation [mis-lak-ta' -shun). See Galactia. 



Mislocalization [mis -lo-kal-iz-a r - shun) [ME., mis-, 

 wrong; locus, a place]. Failure properly to localize j 

 sensory impressions. 



Mismenstruation (mis-men-stru-a'-shun) [ME., *-, 

 wrong; menstruare, to menstruate]. Any disturbance 

 of menstruation. 



Mismicturition [tnis-mik-tu-rish'-un) [ME., mis-, I 

 wrong; micturire, to pass water]. Any disorder of; 

 micturition. 



Misogamy (mis-og'-am-e) [/xioelv, to hate ; yd/tog, mar- 

 riage]. Morbid and unreasonable aversion to mar- 

 riage. 



Misogyny (wis-og'-in-e) [utoelv, to hate; ywij, woman] 

 Morbid and unreasonable hatred of women ; a - 

 torn often seen in insanity and in sexual perversion. 



Misologia [mis -o-lo'-je-ah) [piaelv, to hate; 



reason]. Unreasoning aversion to intellectual 01 

 literary matters. 



Misomania (tnis-o-ma' -ne-ah) [utaelv, to hate ; 

 madness]. The delirium of persecution. 



Misoneism (///is-on-e'-izm)[/uanv, to hate; vtoq, new]. 

 Four or horror of novelty. 



