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myelos, marrow ; plastos, formed.] 

 A leucocyte of bone marrow. 



myeloplax (ml'eloplaks) n. [Gk. 

 myelos, marrow ; plax, something 

 flat.] A giant-cell of marrow and 

 blood-forming organs, sometimes 

 multinucleate, but in most cases 

 multinucleolate (anat.}. 



mylohyoid (ml'lohl'oid) a. [Gk. myle, 

 mill ; hyoeides, Y-shaped.] In the 

 region of hyoid bone and posterior 

 part of mandible ; appl. artery, 

 groove, muscle, nerve (anat.}. 



myoalbumin (ml'oalbu'min) n. [Gk. 

 mys, muscle ; L. albumen, white of 

 egg.] An albumin product of 

 muscle (phys.}. 



myoblast (ml'oblast) n. [Gk. mys, 

 muscle; blastos, bud.] A cell which 

 develops into muscle fibre (smb.}. 



myocardium (mi'6'kar'dium) n. [Gk. 

 mys, muscle ; kardia, heart.] The 

 muscular walls of the heart (anat.}. 



myochrome (ml'b'krom) n. [Gk. mys, 

 muscle ; chroma, colour.] A muscle- 

 pigment. 



myocoel (ml'osel) n. [Gk. mys, muscle ; 

 koilos, hollow.] Part of the coelom 

 enclosed in a myotome (emb.}. 



myocomxna (ml'okom'a) n. [Gk. mys, 

 muscle ; komma, a clause.] A 

 myoseptum or ligamentous connec- 

 tion between successive myotomes 

 (emb.}. 



myocyte (mi'oslt) n. [Gk. mys, 

 muscle; kytos, hollow.] A contrac- 

 tile layer of ectoplasm of Gregar- 

 ines ; a contractile cell (zool.}. 



myodome (mfodom) n. [Gk. mys, 

 muscle ; L. domus, house.] A 

 chamber containing the eye-muscles 

 in some Teleosts (zool.}. 



myodynamic (ml'odinam'ik) a. [Gk. 

 mys, muscle ; dynamis, power.] 

 Pert, muscular force or contraction 

 (Phys.}. 



myoepicardial (mi'oe'pikar'dial) a. 

 [Gk. mys, muscle ; epi, upon ; 

 kardia, heart.] Appl. a mantle, 

 consisting of the mesocardium 

 walls, destined to form the muscu- 

 lar and epicardial walls of the 

 heart (emb.}. 



myoepithelial (ml'oepithe'lial) a. [Gk. 

 mys, muscle ; epi, upon ; thele, 

 nipple.] Pert, muscle and epi- 

 thelium (anat.} ; appl. epithelium 



cells with contractile outgrowths, 

 as in Coelenterates (zool.}. 



myoflbrillae (ml'of Ibril'e) n. plu. [Gk. 

 mys, muscle ; L. fibrilla, a small 

 fibre.] Contractile fibrils of muscu- 

 lar tissue (anat.}. 



myoglobulin (ml'oglob'ulin) n. [Gk. 

 mys, muscle ; L. globulus, a small 

 globe.] A globulin of muscle (phys.}. 



myohaematin (ml'ohe'matm) n. [Gk. 

 mys, muscle ; haima, blood.] A 

 pigment of muscular tissue (phys.}. 



myoid (ml'oid) a. [Gk. mys, muscle ; 

 eidos, resemblance.] Resembling or 

 composed of muscular fibres (anat.}. 



myolemma (mi'blem'a) n. [Gk. mys, 

 muscle ; lemma, skin.] The sheath 

 of muscle fibre ; sarcolemma. 



myology (mlol'oji) n. [Gk. mys, 

 muscle ; logos, discourse.] The 

 department of anatomy dealing 

 with muscles. 



myomere (mi'omer) n. [Gk. mys, 

 muscle ; meros, part.] A muscle- 

 segment of Arthropods, divided off 

 by connective tissue insertions ; 

 a myocomma (zool.}. 



myoneme (ml'bnem) n. [Gk. mys, 

 muscle ; nema, thread.] A minute 

 contractile fibril of Protozoa (zool.}. 



myoneure (mi'onur) n. [Gk. mys, 

 muscle ; neuron, nerve.] A motorial 

 nerve-cell (phys.}. 



myonicity (mi'dnis'iti) n. [Gk. mys, 

 muscle.] The contracting power 

 of muscular tissue (phys.}. 



myophan (ml'bfan) n. [Gk. mys, 

 muscle ; pkainein, to appear.] The 

 contractile layer of Protozoa (zool.}. 



myophore (ml'of or) n. [Gk. mys, 

 muscle ; pherein, to bear.] A struc- 

 ture adapted for muscle attachment 

 (zool.}. 



myophrisk (ml'ofrisk) n. [Gk. mys, 

 muscle ; phrix, ripple.] A myo- 

 neme or contractile element of 

 Protozoa (zool.}. 



myopolar (ml'bpo'lar) a. [Gk. mys, 

 muscle ; polos, an axle-end.] Pert. 

 muscular polarity (phys.}. 



myoproteid (mi'opro'teid) n. [Gk. 

 mys, muscle ; protos, first.] A 

 globulin - like substance of fish 

 muscle (phys.}. 



myoseptum (ml'osep'tum) n. [Gk. 

 mys, muscle ; L. septum, partition.] 

 A myocomma, which see, 



