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logos, a discourse), the study of 

 mosses, or a treatise on them, 

 muscles, n., mus'-lz (L. musculus, 

 a little mouse, a muscle of the 

 body from Gr. mus, used in same 

 sense), the organs of motion in 

 the body forming what is termed 

 the flesh, made up of bundles of 

 fibres, by the contraction of which, 

 under the influence of the will, 

 the individual is able to perform 

 various movements ; the middle 

 part of a muscle is termed its 

 belly, and its extremities its 

 origin and insertion : muscular, 

 a., muftkf-ul'ar, full of muscles ; 

 performed by or dependent on 

 muscles : muscular action, the 

 motion of muscle either by 

 contraction, or cessation of 

 contraction, by which a part is 

 moved, as a limb : involuntary 

 muscles, those which contract and 

 cease to contract independently 

 of the will, as in the heart : 

 voluntary muscles, those which 

 move only in obedience to the 

 will, as in any movement of a 

 limb : muscular tissue, the 

 fibrous or thready substance 

 that makes up a muscle : 

 musculi papillares, plurals, 

 musk'ul-i pap f 'il'lar f -ez (L. 

 musculi, muscles ; pdpilldris, 

 belonging to the nipple from 

 papilla, the nipple), a few bundles 

 of muscular bands directed from 

 the apex towards the base of the 

 ventricle ; musculi pectinati, 

 p\iiTvi[s,pect'in'dt'i (L. pectinatus, 

 combed or carded from pecten, 

 a comb), the muscular fasciculi, 

 forming closely set reticulated 

 bands in the appendix auriculae 

 of the heart, presenting an 

 appearance like the parallel 

 arrangement of the teeth of a 

 comb. 



musk, n. , mUsk (Gr. moschos, Ar. 

 mesh, musk), a strong-scented 

 substance obtained from the 

 musk - deer inhabiting Central 

 Asia, contained in a bag situated 



on the belly of the male, stimul- 

 ant and antispasmodic. 



mttitard, n., m&st'-erd (Venetian 

 mostarda, a sauce ; F. moutarde, 

 mustard), a common condiment, 

 the black is obtained from the 

 seeds of 'Sinapis nigra,' while 

 'Sinapis alba' furnish white 

 mustard, Ord. Cruciferse, both 

 yield an oil, used as a rubefaciant 

 or counter-irritant. 



muticotis, a., muf-ik-us (L. 

 muticus, curtailed, docked, for 

 mutilus), in bot., without any 

 pointed process or awn. 



mycelium, n., ml-seV-i-um (Gr. 

 mukes, a mushroom), the cellular 

 spawn of Fungi; the rudiment- 

 ary filaments from which fungi 

 are developed. 



Mycina, n., mis -in' & (Gf. mukes, 

 a mushroom, a mould), in bot. t 

 a variety of Lichen shield, 



Mycoderma, n., mik'd'derm'-a(GT. 

 mukes, a mushroom ; derma, 

 skin), a genus of Fungi, peculiar 

 species of which are developed in 

 vinegar, yeast, and flour ; veget- 

 able parasites which constitute 

 the crust of Favus. 



mycology, n., milc-Sl'-d-fl (Gr. 

 mukes, a mushroom ; logos, 

 speech), the study of Fungi, or a 

 treatise on them : mycorogist, 

 n., -6'jist, one devoted to the 

 study of the Fungi. 



mycrocysts, or microcysts, n.plu., 

 mlk f -rd-sists (Gr. mikros, small ; 

 kustis, a bag), in bot., swarm 

 spores transformed from a plasmo- 

 dium into cells with a cell-wall. 



myelitis, n., ml'-H-lt'-ls (Gr. mu$l- 

 os, marrow), inflammation of the 

 substance of the spinal oord, or of 

 its membrane : myeloid, a., mi'Vl- 

 oyd (Gr. eidos, resemblance), re- 

 sembling marrow: myeloid tum- 

 our, a tumour consisting chiefly 

 of peculiar many-nucleated cells, 

 like the marrow of bones. 



myelon, n., ml'-el-dn (Gr. muelos, 

 marrow), the spinal cord of 

 vertebrates: myelonal, a., ml- el- 



