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the inward hump at the ankle : 

 malle'olar, a., -ol-dr, of or be- 

 longing to the ankle. 



malleus, n., mdl f 'U-us(L. malleus, 

 a hammer), one of the three 

 movable bones, viz. the malleus, 

 the incus, and the stapes, which 

 traverse the tympanum of the 

 ear ; the malleus consists of a 

 head, neck, and three processes, 

 so named from its fancied resem- 

 blance to a hammer. 



Mallophaga, n. plu., mal-ldf-ag-a 

 (Gr. maUos, a fleece ; phago, I 

 eat), an Order of insects, mostly 

 parasitic upon birds. 



Malpighian, a., mdl-pig'-i-cin (after 

 Professor Malpighi of Pisa, the 

 discoverer or first describer), 

 designating certain globular 

 structures in the spleen and 

 kidneys : Malpighiaceae, n. plu., 

 mdl'pig f 'i'd f -s^-e, the Malpighia 

 family, an Order of trees and 

 shrubs, many species being 

 astringent : Malpighia, n. , mal- 

 pig f >i-d, a genus of interesting 

 plants : Malpighia glabra, glab'-ra 

 (L. gldber, without hairs or 

 bristles, bald) ; and M. punici- 

 folia, pun'iS'i'fol'i-d (L. punicus, 

 belonging to Africa ; folium, a 

 leaf), are species whose fruit is 

 called the Barbadoes cherry, used 

 as a table-fruit : malpighiaceous, 

 a., m<il'pig f 'i-a''Shus, applied to 

 peltate hairs such as are seen on 

 the Malpighiacese. 



Malvacese, n. plu., malv-af-s^-e 

 (L. malva, Gr. malacTie, mallows 

 from Gr. malassi, I soften), 

 the Mallow family, an extensive 

 Order of plants which yield 

 mucilage in large quantity, some 

 furnish materials for cordage, and 

 others yield cotton, so called 

 from the emollient qualities of 

 the species : Malvea3, n. plu., 

 malv'-e-e, a tribe or Sub-order : 

 Malva, n., malv'-a, an extensive 

 genus of plants : Malva sylvest- 

 ris, sil-vest'-ris (L. sylvestris, 

 woody from silva, a wood), the 



common mallow, used medicinally : 

 M. alcea, al'-se-a (L. alcea, a 

 species of mallows), possesses 

 astringent properties, used by 

 Chinese to blacken their eye- 

 brows, and the leather of their 

 shoes : malvaceous, a., malv-d' 

 shus, of or belonging to mallows. 



mamillaB, n. plu., mam-il'-le (L. 

 mamilla, a nipple or teat), in bot. , 

 granular prominences on pollen- 

 grains, and suchlike: mamillated, 

 a., mam'-il'lat-ed, in the form of 

 a hemisphere with a wart at the 

 top. 



mamma, n., mam'ma, mammse, 

 n. plu., mamf-me (L. mamma, 

 the breast, a mother), the 

 breasts in the male or female : 

 mam r miform,a.,-/orm (L. forma, 

 shape), formed as breasts : mam'- 

 mifer, n., -mi>fer (L. fero, I bear), 

 one of the mammals : mammal, 

 n., mamf-mdl, an animal which 

 suckles its young : mammalia, 

 n. plu., mam-mal'-i-d, or mam- 

 mals, n. plu., mdmf-mdls, the 

 great class of vertebrate animals 

 which suckle their young by teats 

 or nipples : mammary, a., mam'- 

 mar -i, pert, to the breasts. 



manakin, n., man' d> kin, also 

 manikin, n., man'-i-kin (F. 

 mannequin, a layman, a manikin ; 

 Eng. man and kin, literally, a 

 little man), a figure on which a 

 student may practise the applica- 

 tion of bandages, and also the 

 operations of midwifery. 



Manchineel, n., man'-tshm-el' (It. 

 mancinello, Sp. manzanillo}, a 

 large W. Indian tree, the Hippo- 

 mane mancinella, Ord. Euphor- 

 biacese, whose wood is hard, 

 durable, and beautifully clouded, 

 but whose sap is very acrid and 

 poisonous, its application to the 

 skin exciting violent inflammation 

 followed by ulceration. 

 mandibles, n., man'-di-lls (L. 

 mandibulum, a jaw), the upper 

 pair of jaws in insects ; applied 

 to one of the pairs of the jaws in 



