MISOPEDIA 



Misopedia (mis-o-pe' ' -de-ah)\juoelv , to hate ; ~aig , child]. 

 Morbid hatred of children, especially of one"s own 

 children. 



Misopsychia (mis-op-si' -ke-ah) [ftiaeiv, to hate ; r^vx'lt 

 life]. Morbid disgust with life. 



Misoptochos, Misoptochus [mis-op' -to-kos, mis-op'-to- 

 [uiaeiv, to hate ; -rw^of, beggar]. Gout ; face- 

 tiously so termed because the poor are not so liable to it. 



Misozoia (mis-o-zc/ -e-ah) [fjuaelv, to hate; C,uij, life]. 

 Disgust with life, together with suicidal impulses. 



Misplaced (mis-plast') [ME., mis-, wrong; place, 

 place]. Out of proper position. M. Menstruation, 

 vicarious menstruation. 



Missed [mist) [ME., missen, to miss]. Passed; failure 

 of attaining. M. Abortion, the retention of the 

 product of conception in the uterine cavity after its 

 death and with the appearance of some of the symptoms 

 of abortion. M. Labor, a rare accident of pregnancy, in 



»hich there is the occurrence of a few labor-pains at 

 rm, their subsidence, and the retention of the product 

 conception in titero for a varying period thereafter. 

 [. Miscarriage. Same as .)/. Abortion. 

 shapen (mis-sha' '-pen) [ME., mis-, wrong; shape, 

 shape]. Deformed; ill-shaped. 

 Missio (mis'-e-o) [L.]. A letting go. M. sanguinis, 



blood-letting. 

 Missoy (mis'-oi). See Massoy Bark. 

 Mistletoe (mis'-l-to). See Viscum. 

 Mistura viis-tu' -rah) [L. .- gen. and//., Misturm). A 

 mixture. In pharmacy an aqueous preparation of an 

 insoluble substance held in suspension, usually by the 

 addition of soluble gum, egg-emulsion, etc. There are 

 four official misturce, besides six in the British Pharma- 

 copeia and i8in the National Formulary. 

 Mistus, Mixtus (mis'-tus, miks'-tus) [miscere, p.p. mis- 

 fits, mix/us, to mix]. In biology, a cross-breed. 

 Mitchell's (S. Weir) Treatment. See Treatment, 



Methods of. 

 Mitchella (mich-el'-ah) [after John Mitchell, a Virgin- 

 ian botanist]. A genus of rubiaceous plants. M. 

 repens, partridge-berry or checker-berry, is diuretic 

 and astringent, and among the Indians has reputed 

 emmenagogue properties. Unof. 

 Mite (mit) [ME., mite, a mite]. The common name 

 applied indifferently to any of the eight-legged insects 

 of the order Acarina. The fact that the immature 

 forms have but six legs has led to some confusion in 

 the onomy of the group and the formation of spurious 

 species (e. g., Leptus). The mites are cosmopolitan, 

 and the majority are parasitic upon plants and animals, 

 while others infest organic substances, such as cheese, 

 sugar, flour, old rags, rubbish, etc. For the true ticks 

 see the genus Ixodes; for the garden and harvest 

 "ticks," "mites," or "bugs," and certain ecto-para- 

 sites of birds, see the genera Tetranychns [Leptus), 

 Trombidium , Chey Ictus, Harpirhynchus, Picobia ; and 

 for those forms associated with the various acariases, the 

 itch, mange, etc., of man and domestic animals, con- 

 sult the genera Chorioptes, Cytodites, Demodex, Der- 

 manysstts, Dermoglyphus, Epidermoptes, Freyana, 

 Hypodectes, Listrophorus, Megninia, Pterolichus, Pso- 

 roptes, Sarcoptes, Symbiotes, Symploplectes, under 

 Parasites {Animal), Table of . 

 Mithradate, Mithridate (mith'-raddt, mith' '-rid at) 

 Di-Spafiarrjc , MidpiSdrqc, a Grecian king]. An old 

 name for an electuary of many ingredients, used as an 

 antidote and alexipharmac. 

 Mithradatism, Mithridatism (mith'-rad-dt-izm, rnith'- 

 rid-dt-hm) [M/flparfdn/c, M«0p«5dr?/c]. That immu- 

 nity from the effects of a poison induced by the admin- 

 istration of gradually increased doses. The selection 

 of the word has reference to the fable concerning 



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Mithradates, king of Pontus, that he became so 

 charged with the poisons with which he experimented 

 that he acquired an immunity to them all. 



Mitigate (mit'-ig-dt) \_mitigare, to soften]. To allay; 

 to make milder ; to moderate. 



Mitigated Stick, or Caustic (mif -ig-a-led ) [mitigare, 

 to soften]. See Argentum. 



Mitigating (mif -ig-a- ting) [mitigare, to soften]. 

 Assuaging, allaying. Also, a descriptive term applied 

 to anodynes. 



Mitigation (mit-ig-a' -shun) [mitigare, to soften]. At- 

 tenuation ; lessening. 



Mitis-green. Same as Schweinfurth-green. 



Mitochysis (mi-tok' -is-is) [uirog, thread ; X^ ai (> lique- 

 faction]. Cell-multiplication, direct or by mitosis. 



Mitom (mi'-tom). Same as Mitorna. 



Mitoma, Mitome (mi - lo / - mah, mi'- torn) [/itrdc, a 

 thread]. In biology, Flemming's term for the " filar 

 mass," i. ^.,the threads of the protoplasmic reticulum 

 of a cell, also called Cytomitoma. Cf. Paramitoma. 

 Karyomitoma . 



Mitoplastic (mi - to - plas f - tik) [uirog, thread, web; 

 -/.daaeiv, to form]. Serving to build up the tissues. 



Mitosic (mi-to / -sik). Synonym of Mitotic or A'aryo- 

 kinetic. 



Mitosis (mi-to'-sis) [fiiroc, a thread]. In biology, the 

 splitting of the nuclear chromatin of plant or animal 

 cells while undergoing indirect division ; karyomitosis, 

 karyokinesis. 



Mitotic (mi-tot'-ik) [fiiroc, thread]. Pertaining to 

 Mitosis. 



Mitra hippocratis (mi'-trah hip-pok'-ra- tis). See 

 Bandage, Capeline. 



Mitral (mi'-tral) [mitra, miter]. Resembling a miter; 

 mitriform ; pertaining to the auriculo-ventricular valve 

 of the left side of the heart. M. Disease, a generic 

 term for organic disease of the mitral valve of the 

 heart. M. Incompetence. See M. Regurgitation 

 and Endocarditis. M. Insufficiency. See M. Regur- 

 gitation and Endocarditis. M. Murmur. See Mur- 

 mur. M. Obstruction, disease of the mitral valve 

 causing obstruction to the flow of blood through the 

 left auriculo-ventricular opening. M. Regurgita- 

 tion, disease of the mitral valve preventing its proper 

 closure during the cardiac systole, and permitting blood 

 to be forced back into the left auricle. M. Stenosis. 

 See M. Obstruction. M. Valve. See Valves. 



Mitrate (mi'-trdl) [mitra, miter]. In biology, bonnet- 

 shaped, miter-shaped, mitriform. 



Mitriform (mi' -triform) [mitra, miter ; forma, form]. 

 See Mitral. 



Mitscherlich's Test. See Tests, Table of 



Mittler's Green. See Pigments, Conspectus of. 



Mixed Blood. See Mulatto, and Griffe. 



Mixogamy (miks-og* -am-e) [fuijic, a mixing ; yafioq, 

 marriage]. In biology, the congregation of males and 

 females, the number of the former being in excess, as 

 exhibited by certain fishes at spawning-time. 



Mixopyus (miks o / -pe-us) [uryvi-vai, to mix ; iriov, pus]. 

 Being mixed with pus. 



Mixoscopia (miks - o - sko> '- pe - ah) [filt-ic cohabitation; 

 gk£-teiv, to look]. A form of sexual perversion in 

 which the orgasm is excited by the sight of coitus. 

 See Voyeur. 



Mixture imiks'-tur). See Mistura. 



Mixtus (miks'-tus). See Mistus. 



Mnemonics (ne-mon'-iks) [fiirqftTj, the memory]. The 

 science of cultivation of the memory by systematic 

 methods. 



Moan ymon) [ME., monen, to moan]. I. To utter a 

 low, dull sound expressive of suffering. 2. The 

 sound so uttered. 



