MUSCULARITY 



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MVCOTICOPEPTIC 



Muscularity. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. The contractile 

 power or tone of a muscle. 



Musculin. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. See Paramyosinogen 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Musculodermic {mus-ku-lo-durm'-ik) \uvc, muscle; 

 defifta, skin]. Relating to or supplying both muscles 

 and skin, musculocutaneous. 



Musculoelastic (mus-hu-lo-e-las'-tih). Muscular and 

 elastic ; made up of muscular and elastic tissue. 



Musculointestinal (mus-ku-lo-in-tes'-tin-al). Relating 

 to the muscies and the intestine. 



Musculosa {mus-ku-lo'-sah). See Muscularis (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Musculospinal [mus-ku-lo-spi'-nal). Relating to or 

 distributed to the muscles and spine. 



Musculotegumentary {mus-ku-lo-teg-u-ment'-ar-e). 

 Affecting both muscles and integument. 



Musculotonic \ mus-ku-lo-ton'-ik') [uic, muscle ; rovoc, 

 tone]. Relating to the tone or contractility of a mus- 

 cle. M. Center. See under Center. 



Musculous {inns' -ku-lus). Composed of or containing 

 muscular fibers. 



Musena, Musenna. See Moussena (Illus. Diet.). 



Musennin. See Moussenin (Illus. Diet.). 



Mushroom. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. To flatten -out or 

 "upset" upon striking; said of an expansive bullet. 



Musin [nut' -sin). A proprietary cathartic said to be 

 made from tamarinds. 



Musk. (See Illus. Diet.) M., Artificial, trinitro-i_- 

 butyltoluene, (NO, ) 3 C 6 H . CH 3 . QCH.,) 3 ; melts at 

 96-97 , smells intensely like musk. Dose, 10 gr. 

 (O.06 gm. ). M., Vegetable, the seeds of Hibiscus 

 abelmoschus, L.; used as a stimulant, stomachic, and 

 intispasmodic. 



isol {mi/ -sol ). A nostrum recommended as a specific 

 )T diabetes ; it consists entirely of salol. 



Musquash Root (mus'-fovash). Cicuta maculata. 



Mustard. (See Illus. Diet.) M., Flour of, black 

 and white mustard seeds mixed and pulverized. 



Mutase {mu'-tdz). A food preparation rich in proteids 

 said to be made from leguminous plants. It is used 

 in gastrointestinal diseases. Dose, I dessertspoonful 

 (10 c.c. } several times daily with food. 



Mutation. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A sudden variation 

 which oversteps the limits of species and produces 

 new species or sports. 



Mutism. (See Illus. Diet.) M., Hysteric, obstinate 

 and voluntary silence although the vocal organs are 

 uninjured and there is no visible lesion of the cerebral 

 speech-centers. 



Muto \mu f -to) [L. pi. mutones~\. 



Myasthenia. (See Illus. Diet.) 

 Angiosclerotic Paroxysmal. 

 cation, Charcot's Intermittent. 



of the stomach. M. gravis [Wilks], M. g. pseudo- 

 paralytica [Buzzard], Myasthenic reaction [Jolly], 

 a singular condition, found after death, clinically re- 

 sembling bulbar paralysis but without any local lesion. 

 Though there is extreme weakness, there is no mus- 

 cular atrophy nor fibrillary tremor. 



Mycethemia, Mycethaemia {mi-se-the'-me-ah). See 

 Mycohemia (Illus. Diet.). 



Mycetism \ nii'-set-izm) [uvktjc, fungus]. Mushroom 

 poisoning. M., Cerebral, a form resembling atropin 

 poisoning, with mydriasis, maniacal excitement, 

 cramps in the muscles, and coma, due to ingestion of 

 Amanita muscaria and A. pantherina. M., Choleri- 

 form, a form marked by cholera nostras and collapse, 

 or by delirium, coma, icterus, and fatty degeneration, 

 due to ingestion of A.tanita phalloides or a poisonous 

 species of Helvetia. M., Intestinal, the mildest form, 

 occurring as catarrhal enteritis or gastroenteritis, due to 



The penis. 

 Cf. Hypotonia. M., 

 Synonym of Claudi- 

 M. gastrica, atony 



ingestion of poisonous species of Cazaria, Lactarius, or 

 Boletus, M., Muscaric, M. muscarinicus, Mus- 

 carinism, that due to the alkaloid muscarin ; it is 

 marked by salivation, increased peristalsis, miosis, and 

 collapse. 



Mycetoma. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., Fungus foot; 

 Madura foot; Ulcus grwpt : Perikal ; Podelcoma : 

 Fish-roe bodies. M., Black, that form of mycetoma in 

 which the fungoid granules are dark-brown or at times 

 quite black. In morphology, color and cultural peculi- 

 arities distinguish it at once from the fungus isolated 

 from the white form of the disease. It is not patho- 

 logic for animals. The two varieties of fungus do not 

 appear together in the same case. M., White, a form 

 of mycetoma in which the granules of the tumors are 

 white or yellowish ; they consist of fungoid masses. 

 Vincent describes them as Mfy a t i m streptothrix. It 

 grows at body-temperature in nutrient media contain- 

 ing sugar and glycerin, also in vegetable infusions. It 

 is not pathologic to animals. 



Mycetophilous (mi-set-of / -il-us) [uiktjc, fungus; 

 pt'/tii; to love]. Growing exclusively on fungi. Syn., 

 Mycophilous. 



Mycinulin. See Mycoinulin. 



Mycoangioneurosis 1 Vanni) (mi-ko-an-je-o-nu-ro' -sis) 

 f/fvaaf, mucus; a^^iiuv, vessel; vtOipov, nerve]. A 

 neurosis accompanied by a hypersecretion of mucus 

 producing the affection known as mucous colitis. 



Mycobacterium {mi-ko-bak-te / -re-urn) [//r«/c, fungus ; 

 fiaKTijpiov, a rod]. A genus of bacteria of the family 

 Alycobacteriacece ; the cells are commonly short, cylin- 

 dric, sometimes bent and irregularly swollen, clavate 

 or cuneate ; y-shaped forms may appear or longer 

 filaments with true branching, or short coccoid elements 

 which may be regarded as gonidia. *It includes Cory- 

 nebacterium, Lehmann and Neumann, and Sclerothrix, 

 Metchnikoff. Cf. Streptothrix. 



Mycocyte (mi'-ko-slt). See Mucocyte. 



Mycodextrin {mi-ko-deks' -trin) . See Mycoinulin. 



Mycodomatia {mi-ko-do-ma'-she-ah) [uvutjc, fungus; 

 douoc, a chamber]. A name given by A. B. Frank, 

 1879, to the root-tubercles produced by bacteroids. 



Mycofibroma {mi-ko-fi-bro / -mah). See Mvcodesmoid 

 (Illus. Diet). 



Mycoinulin mi-ko-in'-u-lin). A dextrorotary carbohy- 

 drate obtained by Ludwig and Busse from the fungus 

 Elaphomyces officinalis, Nees. Syn., Mycinulin ; 

 Myccdextrin ; Mykinulin. 



Mycomyringitis [mi-ko-mi-rin-ji' '-lis) [fivatjc, fungus; 

 fivpr,;, membrane]. Myringitis of mycotic origin, 

 otomycosis. 



Mycophilous (mi-kof'-il-us). See Mycetophilous. 



Mycopus. See Mucopus (Illusr Diet.). 



Mycosin (mi'-ho-siu). See Chitosan. 



Mycosis. (See Illus. Diet.) M., Catalytic. See 

 Microbiohemia (Illus. Diet.). M. cutis chronica. 

 Synonym of Furunculus orient alls. M. favosa, favus. 

 M. mucosina, a form of mycosis described by Pal tauf 

 in man, in which the fungus invaded the body through 

 the intestines and led to abscesses in the lungs, brain, 

 and other organs. M., Pharyngeal. See Pharyn- 

 gomycosis (Illus. Diet.). M.pharyngis leptothricia. 

 See Hyperkeratosis lacunaris pharyngis. M. tricho- 

 phytina, mycosis of the skin due to some species of 

 Trichophyton. M. vaginalis, intense burning and 

 pruritus of the vagina attended with an acid discharge 

 and blood coloration attributed to the presence of a 

 fungus. 



Mycosozin (mi-ko-so f -zin). See under Proteids, De- 

 fensive (Illus. Diet.). 



Mycoticopeptic (mi-kot-ik-o-pep'-tik) [uvupc, fungus; 

 ~iiug, digestion]. Mycotic and peptic. 



