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of a monkey : Minmsops elengi, 

 &l'<6nj'-$ (E. Indies), a species 

 yielding a durable timber in 

 Ceylon, whose fruit, the Surinam 

 medlar, is eaten ; its seeds yield 

 an oil, and its flowers a perfume : 

 M. hexandra, Mke-dnd<r& (Gr. 

 hex, six ; aner, a man, andros, 

 of a man, having six stamens), 

 yields a durable wood : M. kaki, 

 kalc'-i (Indian name), produces an 

 eatable fruit. 



miostemonous, a., mi' o- stem'- dri- 

 fts (Gr. melon, less ; stemon, a 

 stamen), in hot., applied to a 

 flower in which the stamens are 

 neither equal to, nor a multiple 

 of, the floral envelopes. 



Mirabilis, n., mir-tib'-il-fa (L. mir- 

 dbilis, wonderful, marvellous 

 from mlror, I wonder or marvel 

 at), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Nyctaginacese so named from 

 the appearance of their flowers : 

 Mirabilis jalapa, jal-dp'-d (Xal- 

 apa, in Mexico), so named as 

 having been considered at one 

 time as the Jalap-plant, but this 

 is now ascertained to be Exogon- 

 ium purga, one of the Convolvul- 

 acese: M. dichotoma, dik-ot'dm-a 

 (Gr. dichotdma, cut in two halves 

 from dicha, doubly ; temno, I 

 cut), the marvel of Peru, a com- 

 mon garden plant, called in "W. 

 Indies 'four o'clock flower,' from 

 opening its blossoms at that hour 

 P.M. 



mitral, a., mit'ral (L. and Gr. 

 mitra, a headdress, a mitre), in 

 anat. , applied to a valve attached 

 to the circumference of the left 

 auriculo-ventricular orifice, whose 

 flaps are supposed to resemble the 

 segment of a bishop's mitre : 

 mitriform, a., mU'rt-form (L. 

 forma, shape), shaped like a 

 mitre or bishop's official hat ; 

 conical ; hollow and open at the 

 base. 



modiolus, n., mod-i'-til-fts (L. 

 mddidlus, the nave of a wheel 

 1'rom modius, a measure), in anat., 



the central axis or pillar of the 

 internal ear, conical in form, and 

 extending from the base to the 

 apex of the cochlea. 



molar, a., mol'-ar (L. mola, a mill, 

 moldris, a mill-stone), grinding ; 

 having power to grind, as a tooth: 

 molars, n. plu., mol'-arz, the 

 grinders in man ; the teeth in 

 diphyodont mammals which are 

 not preceded by milk-teeth. 



mole, n., mol (L. mola, a false 

 conception), in anat., a mass of 

 fleshy matter generated by some 

 morbid process in the uterus ; a 

 morbid development of the plac- 

 enta : hydatid mole, one resem- 

 bling a hydatid. 



molecule, n., mol'-Vk-ul (F. moUc- 

 ule, a small particle of matter or 

 air from L. moles, a mass), a 

 very minute particle of matter ; 

 one of the elementary particles 

 into which all bodies are supposed 

 to be resolvable ; in bot. , a very 

 minute body in which there is 

 no obvious determinate external 

 circle, or internal centre : molec- 

 ular, a., mdl-Zk'-ul-ar, pert, to 

 molecules ; designating that force 

 or attraction by which the minute 

 particles or molecules of a body 

 are held together in one mass. 



NOTE. Molecule means strictly the 

 smallest quantity of an element, or of 

 a compound, that can exist in the free 

 state probably in most cases consist- 

 ing of two atoms ; an atom is an 

 ultimate particle of matter. 



moles, n. plu., molz (Ger. mahl, a 

 stain, a spot ; Scot, mail, a spot 

 in cloth ; Sw. mal, a mark), con- 

 genital marks of a light or dark 

 brown, or of a black colour, on 

 the human skin also called 

 'liver stains,' 'mother's marks,' 

 and 'pilous and pigmentary 

 ' 



moles carnea, mol'-ez Mr'-rie-a (L. 



moles, a heavy mass ; carneus, 



fleshy from caro, flesh), another 



name for the ' flexor accessorius,' 



I a muscle connected with the 



