MUM 



mumps, n. plu. , mumps (low Ger. 

 mumms, a swelling of the glands 

 of the neck ; Icel. mumpa, to 

 eat voraciously), infectious dis- 

 orders accompanied by a painful 

 swelling of the salivary glands ; 

 known also by the name ' Cyn- 

 anche Parotidea.' 



muricate, a. , mur'-ik-dt, also mur- 

 iculate, a., mur-ik'-ul-dt (L. 

 muricatus, full of sharp points 

 from murex, a shell-fish armed 

 with sharp prickles), in bot., 

 formed with sharp points ; 

 covered with firm short points 

 or excrescences. 



murifonn, a., mur^i-fdrm (L. 

 murus, a wall ; forma, shape), 

 in bot. , wall - like, applied to 

 tissues presenting the appearance 

 of bricks in a wall, 



murrain, n. , mur'-rdn (Sp. morrina, 

 a disease among cattle ; old F. 

 marine, the carcass of a .dead 

 beast ; Gr. maraino, I destroy), 

 a term formerly applied to many 

 forms of cattle plague, now re- 

 stricted to the aphtha epizootica, 

 $p''$'ZO'dtfIk'& (epizootic aphthae), 

 the foot-and-mouth disease. 



Musacese, n.plu., muz-d'se-e (after 

 Antonius Musa, physician in 

 ordinary to the anc. Roman king 

 Augustus ; altered from Egyptian 

 name Mauz), the Banana family, 

 an Order of plants which furnish 

 a very large supply of nutritious 

 food to the inhabitants of warm 

 countries, the tree also yielding 

 other valuable products: Musa, 

 n., muz'd, a genus of plants 

 whose species produce, such as 

 the ' Banana' and 'Plantain' : Musa 

 sapientum, sap'-i-ent'-um (L. 

 sdptens, tasting, aaplZntum, of 

 good tastes, of the wise), the 

 Musa-trees of the wise ; also M. 

 cavendishii, kav'-en-dish'-i-i 



(proper name of Cavendish), 

 are species which furnish 

 different kinds of Banana : M. 

 paradisiaca, pdr'-d-dis-i'-dk-d (L. 

 paradisiacus, of or belonging to 



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Paradise from L. Pdrddisus, Gr. 

 Paradeisos, a park, Paradise), a 

 species which produces the 

 Plantain : M. textilis, **z.^r/.r 



(L. textiUs, woven, wrought), 

 yields a kind of fibre, used in 

 India in the manufacture of fine 

 muslins, and producss Manilla 

 hemp ; the juice of the fruit, 

 and the lymph of the stem of 

 the Musa, are slightly astringent 

 and diaphoretic : M. ensete, 

 ens'-et-Z (unascertained), an Abys- 

 sinian species whose succulent 

 interior is eaten, but the fruit 

 is dry and full of seeds. 



Musca, n., musk'-a (L. musca, a 

 fly), a Linnaean genus of Dipterous 

 insects : Musca domestica, dom* 

 %st f -ik'O, (L. domesticus, belonging 

 to the house from domus, a 

 house), the common house-fly : 

 M. vomitoria, vom^t-or^d (L. 

 vomitorms, that provokes vomit- 

 ingfrom vomo, I vomit), the 

 large blow-fly : M. volitans, 

 singular, vti&tt-tim, Muscse vol- 

 itantes, plural, mus'-se vdl'-it-dnt'- 

 ez, a diseased condition, variously 

 occasioned, in which there is an 

 appearance of spots floating before 

 the eyes with varying rapidity 

 and in various directions, as if 

 they were flies. 



muscardine, n., muskf-drd-in (F.), 

 a disease affecting silkworms and 

 very destructive to them, caused 

 by the fungus ' Botrytis Bassiana' 

 so named from the fancied re- 

 semblance of the dead caterpillar 

 to a little cake, or a kind of 

 pastille. 



Musci, n. plu. , mus'sl (L. muscus, 

 moss), the Moss family, also 

 called 'Bryacese,' an Order of 

 plants, found in all regions, and 

 are either terrestrial or aquatic : 

 muscicolous, a., mus*ik'>dl-us (L. 

 colo, I inhabit), growing on 

 mosses : muscoid, a., musk'oyd 

 (Gr. eidos, resemblance), resem- 

 bling or belonging to moss : 

 muscology, n., musk-dl'-ti-ji (Gr. 



