MYOFIBROSIS 



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MYROBALANEN 



epithelium]. Muscle-epithelium; epithelium, the 

 cells of which possess contractile processes. 



Myofibrosis {mi-o-fi-brc/sis) [iur, muscle; fibrosis]. 

 Intramuscular fibrosis ; an increase of connective tissue 

 not only between the muscle-fasciculi but also between 

 the individual fibrillce ; it is most apt to occur in the 

 ventricles of the heart. 



Myogen ymi'-o-jen). I. See Myosinogen (Ulus. Diet.). 

 2. A dietetic prepared from blood-serum of cattle. 



Myogenous (mi-oj'-en-us) \jivc, muscle; yevpav, to 

 produce]. Originating in muscle. 



Myogramma {mi-o-gram / -ah) [five, a muscle; jpa/ifia, 

 a writing]. A mark or tracing upon a muscle. In 

 the pi., Myogrammata. See Inscriptiones tendinea 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Myohysterectomy (mi-o-his-tur-ek'-to-me) [uie, mus- 

 cle; vorepa, uterus ; re/tvecv, to cut]. The incomplete 

 removal of the uterus, more or less of the cervix uteri 

 being left and the operation being completed without 

 opening the vagina. 



Myoideum [mi-oid'-e-um) [five, muscle; eiAoc, resem- 

 blance]. Tissue resembling muscle. 



Myoidism {mi'-oid-izm) [uie, muscle; eidoc, likeness]. 

 Idiomuscular contraction. 



Myokymia (mi-o-ki'-me-ak) [ui>c, a muscle; niua, a 

 wave]. Persistent, widespread, muscular quivering 

 without atrophy or loss of power. 



Myoma. (See Illus. Diet.) M. laevicellulare, Zieg- 

 ler's name for leiomyoma. M. malignum, M. sar- 

 comatodes, one in which the muscle tissue has been 

 transformed into round and spindle-shaped cells be- 

 tween which there is but a fine connective-tissue reticu- 

 lum. M. striocellulare, rhabdomyoma. M. telean- 

 geiectodes, angiomyoma. 



Myometrium \mi-o-me'tre-um) [five, muscle ; firfrpa, 

 womb]. The uterine muscular structure. 



Myomohysterectomy (mi-o-mo-his-ter-ek'-tome) [myo- 

 ma ; varipa, uterus ; riuveiv, to cut]. The extirpation 

 of a myomatous uterus. 



Myoneme (mi'-o-ue/n) [uie, muscle; nyua, a thread]. 

 One of the long (ifi), contractile fibri'.lae which in 

 the protozoa make up the layer of the cytoplasm called 

 the myocyte. Cf. Spasmoneme. 



Myoneurasthenia (mi-o-nu-ras-the'-ne-ah) [five, mus- 

 cle; vevpov, nerve; a, priv. ; gBevoc, strength]. Re- 

 laxation of the muscles attending neurasthenia. 



Myoneure (mi'-o-nur) [uie, muscle; vevpov, nerve]. 

 A motor nerve-cell supplying a muscle. 



Myoneuroma [mio-nu-ro'-mah). Combined myoma 

 and neuroma. 



Myopathia, Myopathy. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., 

 Symptomatic myalgia. 2. A group of disorders charac- 

 terized by a slow progressive loss of power in muscles, 

 associated with atrophy or hypertrophy of muscles, ab- 

 sence of fibrillar contraction or quantitative electric 

 change ( Batten!. M., Duchenne's Early, M., Pro- 

 gressive. Synonym of Primary muscular dystrophy. 



Myoperitonitis (mi-o-per-it-on-i'~tis). Inflammation of 

 the abdominal muscles combined with peritonitis. 

 r ophagism i mi-of '-aj-izm) [arc, muscle ; payiir, to 

 it]. The wasting away of muscular tissue observed 

 muscular atrophy, 

 'oproteid (mi-o-pro'-te-id). A substance found by 

 Fiirth in muscle plasma and differing apparently 

 rom the recognized albumins. 



r opsychopathy, Myopsychy (mi-o-si-kop/ath-e, 

 li-o-si'-ke) [wir. muscle; i.i -x'/, mind; -zdHoe, disease], 

 foffroy's name for myopathies associated with feebleness 

 >r defect of mind. 



opsychoses (mi-o-si-ko'-sez) [uie, muscle; ibvxq, 

 nd]. Myopathies and neuromuscular affections 

 associated with mental troubles. 



Myorrhaphy (mi-ot^-af-e) [uie, muscle; paojj, a 

 seam]. The union of the abdominal recti muscles by 

 suture when drawn apart. 



Myosalpingitis {mi-o-sal-pin-ji'-tis). Hypertrophy of 

 the muscular tissue of the salpinx. 



Myosclerosis. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Synonym of 

 Pseudohypertrophic paralysis. 



Myoserum (mi-o-se / -rum). Muscle-juice; juice derived 

 from meat submitted to pressure. 



Myosinuria \mi-o-sin-u'-re-ah). The occurrence of 

 myosin in the urine. 



Myositis. (See Illus. Diet.) Cf. Dermatomyositis. 

 M. acuta interstitialis. See Monomyositis. M., 

 Gonorrheal, inflammation of muscles due to the 

 presence of gonococci ; first described by Ware, 1 901. 

 M., Ischemic, myositis due to prolonged fixation of 

 forearm fractures by any form of bandaging which 

 intercepts circulation through the muscles and nerves 

 of the part; it results in Yolkmann's contracture. M. 

 ossificans progressiva, a process of ossification at- 

 tacking one muscle after another. M. ossificans 

 traumatica, the formation of a mass of bone in a 

 muscle after an injury. M. rheumatica, myalgia. 



Myospasmia {mi-o-spaz'-me-ah\ [uie, muscle ; erzacuoc, 

 spasm]. Diseases in which spasmodic muscular con- 

 traction is a dominant symptom. 



Myosuria {mi-o-su'-re-ah). See Myosinuria. 



Myosynizesis (mi-osin-iz-e / -sis) [uie, muscle; owi^r;- 

 aie, a falling together]. The adhesion of two or more 

 muscles. 



Myotactic {mi-o-tak 1 '-tik) [five, muscle; tangere, to 

 touch]. Relating to the sense of touch in muscles. 



Myotome. (See Illus. Diet.) 3. The muscular tissue 

 of an embryonic metamere. 



Myotone (mr'-o-ton). See Myotonia (Illus. Diet.). 



Myotonia. (See Illus. Diet.) M. aquisita, Talma's 

 disease ; myotonia developed after injur)', overstrain, or 

 as the sequel of disease in one in whom there is ab- 

 sence of heredity. 



Myotonic (mi-o-ton'-ik). Relating to myotonia. M. 

 Reaction of Erb. See under Reaction. 



Myrcene [mi^-s'n). C 10 H 16 . An olefinic terpene oc- 

 curring in bay oil, boiling at 67 ; sp. gr. 1. 4673. 



Myricetin (mi-ris / -et-in). C 15 H 10 O 8 . A yellow pig- 

 ment found in the bark of Myrica nagi, Thunb. ; it is 

 probably oxyquercetin. 



Myricin. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. C 16 H,,0 2 . C^Hgj, 

 myricyl palmitic ester, a constituent of beeswax. 3. 

 Mvristicol. 



Myricylate (mi-ris / -il-at). A salt of myricyl. 



Myringectomy (mi-rin-Jeh'-to-me). See Myringodec- 

 tomy (Illus. Diet.). 



Myringitis. (See Illus. Diet.) M. bullosa, acute 

 myringitis attended by small, pearly-gray blisters. 



Myringodermatitis [mi-rin-go-dur-mat-i'-tis) [my- 

 ringa, membrana tympani ; f>( pun, the skin]. A form 

 of inflammation in the external layer of the drum-mem- 

 brane with the formation of blebs either below or be- 

 hind the malleus. 



Myringography (mi-rin-gog'-raf-e) [myringa, drum- 

 membrane ; yiinoen; to write]. Registration of the 

 movement of the membrana tympani and of the ossicles. 



Myriocarpin ( mi-re- o-kar'-pm). A neutral resinous 

 body obtained from the cucur, Cucumis myriocarpus, 

 Naud., of South Africa. 



Myrmeciasm {mur-me / -se-azm) [uipfir^, ant]. For- 

 mication, myrmeciasis. 



Myrmecobious {mir mek-ob' -e-us) [fivptirjs, an ant; 

 {Hoc, life]. Living on or among ants. 



Myrobalanen (mi-rob-al'-an-en). See Myrobalan 

 (Illus. Diet.). Recommended in diarrhea. Dose, 

 15-120 gr. (1-8 gm. ) daily. 



