Part 6960

<h1>Meniscal</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Me*nis"cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.</def>

<h1>Meniscoid</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Me*nis"coid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meniscus</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Concavo-convex, like a meniscus.</def>

<h1>Meniscus</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Me*nis"cus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Menisci</plw> <tt>(-s\'c6)</tt>, E. <plw>Meniscuses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/, dim. of <grk>mh`nh</grk> the moon.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A crescent.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Converging meniscus</col>, <col>Diverging meniscus</col></mcol>. <cd>See <er>Lens</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Menispermaceous</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men`i*sper*ma"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>mh`nh</grk> the moon + <grk>spe`rma</grk> seed.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to a natural order (<spn>Menispermace&ae;</spn>) of climbing plants of which moonseed (<spn>Menispermum</spn>) is the type.</def>

<h1>Menispermic</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men`i*sper"mic</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or obtained from, moonseed (<spn>Menispermum</spn>), or other plants of the same family, as the <spn>Anamirta Cocculus</spn></def>.

<h1>Menispermine</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men`i*sper"mine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82nispermine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained from the cocculus indicus (the fruit of <spn>Anamirta Cocculus</spn>, formerly <spn>Menispermum Cocculus</spn>) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder; -- called also <altname>menispermina</altname>.</def>

<h1>Meniver</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"i*ver</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>menuver</ets>, <ets>menuveir</ets>, <ets>menuvair</ets>, a grayish fur; <ets>menu</ets> small + <ets>vair</ets> a kind of fur. See <er>Minute</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and <er>Vair</er>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Miniver</er>.</def>

<h1>Mennonist, Mennonite</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw><hw>Men"non*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Men"non*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of a small denomination of Christians, so called from <i>Menno</i> Simons of Friesland, their founder. They believe that the New Testament is the only rule of faith, that there is no original sin, that infants should not be baptized, and that Christians ought not to take oath, hold office, or render military service.</def>

<h1>Menobranch, Menobranchus</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw><hw>Men"o*branch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Men`o*bran"chus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>menobranchus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ to remain + <?/ a gill.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large aquatic American salamander of the genus <spn>Necturus</spn>, having permanent external gills.</def>

<h1>Menologium, Menology</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw><hw>Men`o*lo"gi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Me*nol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Menologia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Menologies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL. <ets>menologium</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ month + <?/ discourse : cf. F. <ets>m\'82nologe</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A register of months.</def>

<i>Bp. Stillingfleet.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gr. Church)</fld> <def>A brief calendar of the lives of the saints for each day in the year, or a simple remembrance of those whose lives are not written.</def>

<h1>Menopause</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"o*pause</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ month + <?/ to cause to cease. See <er>Menses</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The period of natural cessation of menstruation. See <cref>Change of life</cref>, under <er>Change</er>.</def>

<h1>Menopoma, Menopome</h1> <Xpage=912>