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tin-al, of or pert, to the spinal 

 marrow. 



myentericus, n., ml^n-fer'-ik-us 

 (Gr. mus, a muscle ; Znteron, an 

 intestine), in anat., a name 

 applied to a peculiar nervous 

 plexus, rich in ganglionic cells, 

 situated between the circular and 

 longitudinal muscular fibres of 

 the intestine. 



myitis, n., ml-itf-is (Gr. mus, a 

 muscle), inflammation of a 

 muscle : myocarditis, n., mi'-o- 

 Icdrd-ilf'is (Gr. Jcardia, the heart), 

 inflammation of the muscular 

 substance of the heart : myodyn- 

 ia, n., mi'-d-din'-i-a (Gr. odune, 

 pain), pain in the muscles ; 

 cramp ; also termed ' myosalgia. ' 



mylitta, n., mil-tt'td (Gr. mule, 

 a mill ; mulitai, the grinders 

 of the teeth), a genus of Fungi : 

 mylitta Australis, a/ws-tral'-is (of 

 or from Australia}, a species of 

 Fungi, known in Australia as 

 native bread. 



mylo, prefix, mil'-o (Gr. mule, a 

 mill ; mulai, grinders), denoting 

 connection with the muscles near 

 the grinders : mylo-hyoid, a. 

 (see ' hyoid '), a triangular muscle 

 arising from the inside of the 

 lower jaw between the molar 

 teeth and the chin, which raises 

 the hyoid-bone or depresses the 

 jaw ; denoting a branch of the 

 dental artery which ramifies on 

 the under surface of the mylo- 

 hyoid muscle. 



myography, n., mi-8g'-r&f't (Gr. 

 mus, a muscle of the body ; 

 grapho, I write), an anatomical 

 description of the muscles. 



my oid, a., ml'-oyd, (Gr. mus, a 

 muscle ; eidos, resemblance), 

 composed of fibre cells or musc- 

 ular fibres : myoides, n. plu. , 

 mi-dyd f -ez, a thin sheet of musc- 

 ular fibres on the neck see 

 * platysma myoides.' 



myolemma, n., mi'-d-Um'-md (Gr. 

 mus or mudn, a muscle ; lemma, 

 a husk or rind), in anat., a tub- 

 S 



ular sheath enclosing muscular 

 fibre, consisting of transparent 

 and apparently homogeneous 

 membrane ; sarcolemma. 



myolin, n., mi'dl-m (Gr. mudn, 

 muscular part), ithe fluid contents 

 of the cells of which an ultimate 

 muscular fibre is composed. 



myology, n., ml'dl'-o-ji (Gr. mus, 

 a muscle ; logos, discourse), the 

 doctrine of the muscles of the 

 body ; myography. 



myoma, n., ml*dm'd (Gr. mudn, 

 a muscle of the body, muonos, of 

 a muscle), a fibrous tumour con- 

 sisting of smooth muscular fibre. 



myopia, n., mi-dp't-d (Gr. mud, 

 I shut or close ; ops, the eye), 

 short or near - sightedness : 

 myope, n., ml'-op, or myops, n., 

 mi'dps, a near-sighted person. 



MyoporacesD, n. plu., ml'-d-pdr-a' 

 se-e (Gr. muo, I shut ; poros, a 

 pore), a Sub-order of plants, Ord. 

 Verbenaceae : Myopomm, n., 

 mi'dp^dr'Um, a genus of pretty 

 shrubs: Myoporumplatycarpum, 

 pldtfi-kdrp'-jim (Gr.pldtus, broad, 

 Jcarpos, fruit), a species of Aus- 

 tralia, which exudes a saccharine 

 matter from its stem. 



myosalgia, n., ml'-os-dlf-i'd (Gr. 

 mudn, a muscle of the body ; 

 algos, grief, pain), muscular 

 pain ; cramp. 



myosin, n., mi'-ds-m (Gr. mus, a 

 muscle), an albuminoid body 

 extracted from muscular fibre. 



myositis, n., mi'-fa't^te (Gr. mudn, 

 a muscle of the body), inflamma- 

 tion of the muscles, same as 

 ' myitis V; 'myosalgia,' which 

 see. 



Myosotis, n., mtffa'dtfb (Gr. 

 mus, a mouse, muds, of a mouse; 

 ous, an ear, dtos, of an ear), a 

 very beautiful genus of flowering 

 plants so named from a fancied 

 resemblance in the leaves, Ord. 

 Boraginacese : Myosotis palustris, 

 pdl'Us'tris (L. palustris, marshy 

 from pdlus t a marsh), the 

 forget-me-not. 



