Part 6986

<hw>Mes`o*der"mic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Mesodermal</er>.</def>

<h1>Mesodont</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes"o*dont</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meso-</ets> + Gr. <?/, <?/, a tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having teeth of moderate size.</def>

<h1>Mesogaster</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*gas"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ middle + <?/ belly.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity; the mesogastrium.</def>

<h1>Mesogastric</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*gas"tric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meso-</ets> + <ets>gastric</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the middle region of the abdomen, or of the stomach.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the mesogaster.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the carapace of a crab.</def>

<h1>Mesogastrium</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*gas"tri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Mesogaster</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The umbilical region.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The mesogaster.</def>

<h1>Mesogl</a</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*gl<?/"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ middle + <?/ a glutinous substance.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A thin gelatinous tissue separating the ectoderm and endoderm in certain c\'d2lenterates.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Mes`o*gl<?/"al</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Mesognathous</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Me*sog"na*thous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meso-</ets> + Gr. <?/ jaw.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous. See <cref>Gnathic index</cref>, under <er>Gnathic</er>.</def>

<h1>Mesohepar</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*he"par</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Meso-</er>, and <er>Hepar</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A fold of the peritoneum connecting the liver with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity.</def>

<h1>Mesohippus</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*hip"pus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ middle + <?/ a horse.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.</def>

<h1>Mesolabe</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes"o*labe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>mesolabium</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ middle + <?/ to take.]</ety> <def>An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Mesole</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes"ole</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ middle.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Thomsonite</er>.</def>

<h1>Mesolite</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes"o*lite</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meso-</ets> + <ets>-lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A zeolitic mineral, grayish white or yellowish, occuring in delicate groups of crystals, also fibrous massive. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina, lime, and soda.</def>

<h1>Mesologarithm</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*log"a*rithm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meso-</ets> + <ets>logarithm</ets> : cf. F. <ets>m\'82sologarithme</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>