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<h1>Mesopodial</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Mes`o*po"di*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the mesopodialia or to the parts of the limbs to which they belong.</def>

<h1>Mesopodiale</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Mes`o*po`di*a"le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Mesopodialia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ middle + <?/, dim. of <?/, <?/, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the bones of either the carpus or tarsus.</def>

<h1>Mesopodium</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Mes`o*po"di*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Mesopodiale</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The middle portion of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.</def>

<h1>Mesopterygium</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Me*sop`te*ryg"i*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ middle + <?/ a fin.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The middle one of the three principal basal cartilages in the fins of fishes.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Me*sop`ter*yg"i*al</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Mesorchium</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Me*sor"chi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ middle + <?/ a testicle.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The fold of peritoneum which attaches the testis to the dorsal wall of the body cavity or scrotal sac.</def>

<h1>Mesorectum</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Mes`o*rec"tum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meso-</ets> + <ets>rectum</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the rectum.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Mes`o*rec"tal</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Mesorhine</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Mes"o*rhine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meso-</ets> + Gr. <?/, <?/, the nose.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having the nose of medium width; between leptorhine and platyrhine.</def>

<h1>Mesosauria</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Mes`o*sau"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Mosasauria</er>.</def>

<h1>Mesoscapula</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Mes`o*scap"u*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meso-</ets> + <ets>scapula</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A process from the middle of the scapula in some animals; the spine of the scapula.</def>

<h1>Mesoscapular</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Mes`o*scap"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the mesoscapula.</def>

<h1>Mesoscutum</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Mes`o*scu"tum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meso-</ets> + <ets>scutum</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of an insect. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Butterfly</er>.</def>

<h1>Mesoseme</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Mes"o*seme</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meso-</ets> + Gr. <?/ sign, mark; cf. F. <ets>m\'82sos\'8ame</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having a medium orbital index; having orbits neither broad nor narrow; between megaseme and microseme.</def>

<h1>Mesosiderite</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Mes`o*sid"er*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meso-</ets> + <ets>siderite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See the Note under <er>Meteorite</er>.</def>

<h1>Mesosperm</h1> <Xpage=916>