Part 6987

<i>Kepler. Hutton.</i>

<h1>Mesometrium</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*me"tri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Meso-</er>, and <er>Metrium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The fold of the peritoneum supporting the oviduct.</def>

<h1>Mesomyodian</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*my*o"di*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A bird having a mesomyodous larynx.</def>

<h1>Mesomyodous</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*my"o*dous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meso-</ets> + Gr. <?/, <?/, a muscle.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the intrinsic muscles of the larynx attached to the middle of the semirings.</def>

<h1>Meson</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ middle, neut. of <?/, a., middle.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The mesial plane dividing the body of an animal into similar right and left halves. The line in which it meets the dorsal surface has been called the <i>dorsimeson</i>, and the corresponding ventral edge the <i>ventrimeson</i>.</def>

<i>B. G. Wilder.</i>

<h1>Mesonasal</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*na"sal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meso-</ets> + <ets>nasal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the middle portion of the nasal region.</def>

<h1>Mesonephric</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*neph"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the mesonephros; <as>as, the <ex>mesonephric</ex>, or Wolffian, duct</as>.</def>

<h1>Mesonephros</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*neph"ros</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ middle + <?/ kidney.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The middle one of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates; the Wolffian body.</def>

<h1>Mesonotum</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*no"tum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ middle + <?/ the back.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects.</def>

<h1>Mesophl</um</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*phl<?/"um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ middle + <?/ bark.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The middle bark of a tree; the green layer of bark, usually soon covered by the outer or corky layer, and obliterated.</def>

<h1>Mesophryon</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Me*soph"ry*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <er>Glabella</er>.</def>

<h1>Mesophyllum</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes`o*phyl"lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ middle + <?/ leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The parenchyma of a leaf between the skin of the two surfaces.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Mesoplast</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes"o*plast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meso-</ets> + <ets>-plast</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The nucleus of a cell; mesoblast.</def>

<i>Agassix.</i>