MOLYBDOCARDIALGIA 



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MONAXIAL 



the body due to lead-poisoning ; chronic lead-poison- 

 ing ; plumbism. 



Molybdocardialgia (mol - ib - do - kar -de - al' -je - ah) 

 \ji67ivfiSoq, lead; napdia, heart; a'Ayog, pain]. Car- 

 dialgia due to lead-poisoning. 



Molybdocolic (mol-ib-do-kol'-ik) [//dAv/Moc, lead ; ku/\ov, 

 colon]. Lead-colic ; painters' colic. 



Molybdodyspepsia (mol-ib-do-dis-pep' -se-ah) \_p.6?,v(i- 

 6og, lead; due-, ill ; TreTrrecv, to digest]. Dyspepsia 

 caused by lead-poisoning. 



Molybdonosus (mol-ib-don'-o-sus) \ji6/\vfidog, lead; 

 vdaog, disease]. Synonym of Plumbism. 



Molybdoparesis (mol-ib-do-par' -es-is) \_fi6\v(idog, lead ; 

 irdpeoig, paresis]. Partial paralysis, due to lead- 

 poisoning. 



Molybdosis (mol-ib-do' -sis) [jid/lvfldog, lead]. Lead- 

 poisoning ; plumbism. 



Molybdospasmos (mol- ib - do - spaz'- 7110s) \_polvfi60g , 

 lead ; enrdopog, spasm] . Spasm or cramp produced by 

 lead-poisoning. 



Molybdosynolce (mol-ib-do-sin-ol-'se) \jid~t.vfidog, lead; 

 awoXnij, a drawing together]. Contraction due to 

 lead-poisoning. 



Molybdotromos (mol-ib-dof '-ro-mos) [pdlvfidog , lead ; 

 rpopog, tremor]. Tremor due to lead-poisoning. 



Molyne (mol-i'-ne) [polvve.Lv, to defile]. The anus. 



Molynsis (mol-in' -sis) [uoAvveiv, to defile]. A taint or 

 defilement ; miasm. 



Momentum (mo-men' '-turn) \momen, momentum, a 

 motion]. Amount of force. Also, the quantity of 

 potential energy possessed by a body in motion. It is 

 estimated as the product of its weight, expressed in 

 units of gravity, by its velocity, expressed in units of 

 time. It is usually expressed by the formula m = wv, 

 and may be estimated in foot-pounds or kilogram- 

 meters. 



Momiscus {mo-mis' -kus) [^w/^er/coc] . A molar .tooth ; 

 the part of a molar tooth that is near the gum. 



Momordica (mo-mor 1 '-dik-ah) [jnordere, momordi, to 

 bite]. A genus of cucurbitaceous plants, mostly 

 African and Asiatic. M. bucha, a species of cu- 

 cumber native to Brazil. It is a powerful drastic pur- 

 gative, useful in dropsy. M. balsamina. See Balsam- 

 apple. Unof. 



Momordicin (tno-mor* -dis-in). Same as Elaterin. 



Mon- (mon-) \_p6vog, one]. A prefix denoting one or 

 single. 



Monad (mon* -ad) \_povdg, a unit]. 1. Any single-celled 

 microorganism, whether of animal or vegetable char- 

 acter ; especially any flagellate infusorium (a micro- 

 scopic animal). 2. See Quantivalence. 



Monadelphia (mon-ad-el' -fe-ah) \jidvog, alone ; dde/\(p6g, 

 brother]. One brotherhood; a name applied to 

 certain hermaphrodite flowers. 



Monadelphous (mon-ad-eF -f us) \_povog, alone ; ade /\$6g, 

 brother]. In biology, in one brotherhood. Applied 

 to stamens that are united by their filaments into one 

 set. 



Monadenoma (mon-ad-en-o' '-mah) [pdvog, one ; dfiijv, 

 gland ; 6/j.a, tumor]. A uniglandular adenoma. 



Monadiform (mon-ad' '-if-orm) \_povdg, a unit, a monad; 

 forma, shape]. In biology, resembling a monad. 



Monadigerous (mon-ad-ij' -er-us) \_povdg, a unit, a 

 monad; gerere, to carry]. In biology, bearing or 

 composed of monads or monadiform cells. 



Monadina (mon-ad-i' -nah) \_p,ovdg, a unit]. The flagel- 

 late infusorians, or monadidce ; a family of animal 

 microorganisms. 



Monadine (mon' -ad-in) \_povdg, a unit]. Pertaining to 

 or of the nature of a monad. 



Monadinic (mon-ad-in'-ik) [povdg, a unit]. Belonging 

 to the Monadina. 



Monadology (mon-ad-ol'-o-je) [povdg, a unit; Xoyog, 

 science]. The doctrine of Leibnitz, Lotze, Zimmer- 

 mann, and Herbart, according to which the elemen- 

 tary particles of matter are vital forces acting from an 

 internal principle. 



Monae (mon'-e) [L.]. Buttocks. 



Monamin (mon'-am-in) [povdg, a unit ; amiti] . One 

 of a class of chemic compounds derived from ammonia 

 by the replacement of the hydrogen by a monovalent 

 alkyl. See Amin. 



Monammonic (mon-am-o' -nik) \_pdvog, single ; am- 

 monium]. Containing one molecule of ammonium. 



Monandrous (mon-an' -drus) [povog, single; aim 

 (dvdp), male]. In biology, having but one male; 

 monarsenous. 



Monanthemous (mon-an' - them-us) \_p6vog, single; 

 avdepov, a flower]. In biology, bearing but a single 

 flower ; monanthous. 



Monantherous (mon-an' -therus) [povog, single; avdoa 

 flower]. In biology, a term applied to a stamen bear- 

 ing but one anther. 



Monanthous (mon-an' -thus) [povog, single ; dvOog, 

 flower]. In biology, producing but one flower. 



Monarda (mo-nar'-dah) [after N. Monardes, a Spanish 

 physician of the sixteenth century]. A genus of X. 

 American labiate plants. M. fistulosa L., wildberga- 

 mot, M. didyma, bee-balm, and M. punctata, horse- 

 mint; are diaphoretic, carminative, and stimulant. 

 Unof. 



Monardella (mon-ar-del'-ah) [after N. Monardes, a 

 Spanish physician of the sixteenth century] . A genus 

 of some eleven species of fragrant labiate herbs, all 

 Californian, and having the general properties of the 

 mints, pennyroyal, and basil. Unof. 



Monardin (mo-nar'-din) [N. Monardes, a Spanish phy- 

 sician of the sixteenth century], C 10 H u O. A sub- 

 stance much resembling thymol, but derived from the 

 oil of horsemint, Monarda punctata. 



Monarsenous (mon-ar' -sen-us) [pdvog, single ; dparjv, 

 male]. In biology, having but one male; monan- 

 drous. 



Monarthral (mon-ar'-thral) [povog, single; apdpov, a 

 joint]. A term applied to a muscle that passes over 

 but one joint, e. g., the brachialis amicus. Its cor-i 

 relative is disarthral, applied to a muscle passing ov« 

 two joints, e. g., the biceps. 



Monarthritis (mon-ar-thri'-tis) [pdvog, single ; apdpov, 

 a joint; mc, inflammation]. Arthritis affecting only 

 a single joint. 



Monas (mon' -as) [povdg, unit]. A genus of minute 1 

 globose, plastic and free swimming animalcules in 

 habiting salt and fresh water, especially infusions, li 

 this genus are included the simplest known forms of 

 the typical flagellate infusoria. Early writers 

 signed to the genus many doubtful or immature n 

 organisms, some of which have since been found t< 

 belong to the Bacteria, or to be zoospore stagi 

 Alg^Palmellacfee, or other protophytic plants. 



Monaster (mon-as'-ter) [pdvog, single ; doriip, star]. 1 

 embryology, the mother-star; the fourth, or equatorii 

 stage of karyokinesis. That stage of indirect eel 

 division or mitosis at which a single star is formed b 

 the arrangement of the chromatin loops about tli 

 equator of the achromatin -spindle. 



Monatomic (mon-at-om'-ik) [pdvog, single; &• 

 atom]. Having the valence of hydrogen; saturatin 

 or saturated by a single monad atom. See Quant 

 valence. M. Alcohols, those formed by the substin 

 tion in a hydrocarbon of one hydrogen group l" 

 atom of hydrogen. 



Monaxial, Monaxonic (mon-aks'-e-al, tnon-aks-ot 

 [pdvog, single; d^uv, axis]. Having a single axis. 



