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s by perilymph, and itself con- to violent Sopmopmes A such as wrist 
aieiee endolymph — at.). and knee joints (anat.) 
membrano verte column mensa (mén Sa, a 
a continuous lgueaths =A ibienioris table.] The chewing sti of a 
whines ant notochord and neural 
ube (emd.). 
menabrantla (mémbran’ila) # — [L. 
dim. of membrana, membrane. ] 
oncrescence of cili ia, as in certain 
al ue spac in som 
dragon- flies: wings, tying close to 
the body of the insect in the anal 
area of the win ol.) 
Mendelian,— law, ct 
results of Mendel’s 
‘endelism,—a or rule governing 
the fakeritecoe. a characters in 
ants i b 
Gregor Mendel. This principle 
ot with the inheritance of “unit 
shows that the offspring of organ- 
isms pair of contrasting 
characters will be produced in a 
nit io. From this law we 
are able t a more correct and 
scientific definition of “purity of 
breed.” extended to 
f characters. 
deal with fae 
meningeal (mén ine’, ménin jeu) . 
ne, a membrane.] P 
Gk., sea 
or in the region < the ensigns ‘ 
pt 
rs) 
es 
Por 
< 
o 
o 
5S 
m 
spinal cord, from without inwards— 
the dura mater, arachnoid and pia 
mater (aat. 
eningosis (mén’i ingd’sis) #. [Gk. 
mein membra J diorreced 
nt by means of m 
mentago-aptzal (mening a spi ‘nil) a, 
rane; L. 
the spinal 
ae 
Ae 
e.3 
Lr 
& 
p 
cartilages found in joints exposed 
3 oth. 
menstruation oe seep a n. 
iL mensis, a were, to 
flow.] A m iy discharge from 
the female reprelide ctive organs, 
chiefly in higher mammals (zo0/.). 
mental (mén’tal) a ([L. mentum, 
chin.] ert. or in the region of 
the chin; a@ff/. foramen, nerve, 
spines, tubercle, muscle (anaz.) ; 
pert. the mentum of insec ppl. 
HC: 
scale or plate of fish and of reptile 
(méntij’ ériis) a ([L. 
mentum, chin; gerere, to carry.] 
cS iparies or bearing the mentum 
ccaeeaeietine (mén’téméké'lian) a. 
in; Ger. Meckel, 
pods (e (coo 
— wars) [Gk. mero. 
part ; Aarpos, fruit.] ‘A one- seetied 
of 
aekince nt part a schizocarp 
(d02.). 
meridional rere oh geese fame a 
canal ards and dow: 
wards beneath a swimming-plate, 
into which the adradial “ashe 
open (zoo/.). 
merism (mérizm) #. [Gk. es 
part] “A rapaidon of hom 
logous acer “ 
erismati germina ik) a. [Gk. 
, rtition.] ghiggneag 
m (mériz’moid) a. [Cc 
Ss, partition ; — hike. ] 
With branched pileus (b02.), 
merispore (mérispor) 7. [Gk. meros, 
