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mache, fight ; polys, many ; pous, 

 foot.] A nematophore of certain 

 Hydromedusae provided with 

 cnidoblasts or adhesive globules 

 (zool.). 



inacrandrous (makran'drus) a. [Gk. 

 makros, large , aner, man.] Having 

 large male plants or elements 



macrobiotic (mak'robiot'ik) a. [Gk. 

 makros, large ; bios, life.] Long- 

 lived ; life-prolonging (btol.). 



macroblast (mak'rdblast) n. [Gk. 

 makros, large ; blastos, bud.] A 

 large cell or corpuscle (zool.). 



macrocarpous (mak'rokar'pus) a. [Gk. 

 makros, large ; karpos, fruit.] Pro- 

 ducing large fruit (bot.). 



macrocephalous (mak'rokef'alus, -s6f-) 

 a. [Gk. makros, large ; kephale, 

 head.] Having the cotyledons 

 thickened (bot.) ; big-headed (anat.). 



macrocnemic (mak'rokne'mik) . [Gk. 

 makros, large ; kneme, tibia.] Appl. 

 Zoanthidae having the sixth proto- 

 cneme or primary pair of mesen- 

 teries perfect (zool.). 



macroconidium (mak'rokonid'ium) n. 

 [Gk. makros, large ; konis, dust.] 

 A large asexual spore or conidium 

 (bot.). 



macroconjugant (mak'rokon'joogant) 

 n. [Gk. makros, large ; L. conju- 

 gare, to unite.] The large indi- 

 vidual of a conjugating pair, as the 

 ordinary sedentary Vorticellan to 

 which the motile microconjugant 

 or individual attaches itself (zool.). 



macrocyst (mak'rosist) n. [Gk. makros, 

 large ; kystis, bladder.] A large 

 reproductive cell of certain Fungi ; 

 a large cyst or case, as for spores 

 (bot.}. 



macrocytase (mak'rosi'tas) n. [Gk. 

 makros, large ; kytos, hollow.] The 

 enzyme of macrophages or endo- 

 thelial cells (phys.). 



macrodactylous (mak'rodak'tilus) a. 

 [Gk. makros, large ; daktylos, finger.] 

 With long digits (zool.}. 



macrodont (mak'rodont) a. [Gk. 

 makros, large ; odous, tooth.] With 

 large teeth (anat.). 



macrogamete (mak'rogamet') n. [Gk. 

 makros, large; gametes, spouse.] 

 The larger of two conjugants, 

 usually considered as equivalent 



to the ovum or female conjugant 

 (zool.). 



macrogametocyte (mak'rogame'toslt) 

 n. [Gk. makros, large ; gametes, 

 spouse ; kytos, hollow.] The mother- 

 cell of a macrogamete, considered 

 female ; term used mainly in con- 

 nection with Protista (biol.). 



macrogamy (makrog'ami) n. [Gk. 

 makros, large ; gamos, marriage.] 

 Syngamy between full-grown in- 

 dividuals of a species, as in Acti- 

 nophrys (zool.). 



macroglossate (mak'roglos'at) a. [Gk. 

 makros, large ; glossa, tongue.] 

 Furnished with a large tongue. 



macrognathic (mak'rognath'ik) a. 

 [Gk. makros, large ;' gnathos, jaw.] 

 Having specially developed jaws 

 (zool.). 



macrogonidium (mak'rogonid'itim) n. 

 [Gk. makros, large ; gone, genera- 

 tion.] A large gonidium (bot.). 



macromere (mak'romer) n. [Gk. 

 makros, large ; meros, part.] In 

 the cleavage of telolecithal eggs, 

 one of the larger cells of the lower 

 hemisphere (emb.). 



macromerozoite (mak'romer'dzo'it) n. 

 [Gk. makros, large ; meros, part ; 

 zoon, animal.] One of the many 

 divisions produced by the macro- 

 schizont stage of a Sporozoan 

 (zool.). 



macromesentery (mak'romes'enteri) 

 n. [Gk. makros, large ; mesas, 

 middle ; enteron, gut.] One of the 

 larger complete mesenteries of an 

 Anthozoan (sool.). 



macromyelon (mak'roml'elon) n. [Gk. 

 makros, large ; myelos, marrow.] 

 The medulla oblongata (anat.). 



macront (mak'ront) n. [Gk. makros, 

 large ; ons, being.] The larger 

 of two sets of cells formed after 

 schizogony in Neosporidia, the 

 macront giving rise to macro- 

 gametes (zool.). 



macronucleus (mak'ronu'kleus) n. 

 [Gk. makros, large ; L. nucleus, 

 kernel.] The larger of two nuclei 

 in a cell, usually supposed to be 

 of a vegetative or somatic nature 

 (zool.). 



macrophage (mak'rofaj) n. [Gk. 

 makros, large ; phagein, to eat.] 

 A large phagocyte or endothelial 



