Part 7025

<h1>Micrencephalous</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw>Mi`cren*ceph"a*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>[<ets>Micr-</ets> + Gr. <?/ brain.]</ety> <def>Having a small brain.</def>

<h1>Micro-, Micr-</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw><hw>Mi"cro-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mi"cr-</hw><hw>. <ety>[Gr. <?/ small.]</ety> <def>A combining form</def> signifying: <sd>(a)</sd> <def><i>Small</i>, <i>little</i>, <i>trivial</i>, <i>slight</i>; <as>as, <ex>micro</ex>cosm, <ex>micro</ex>scope</as></def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Metric System, Elec., Mech., etc.)</fld> <def><i>A millionth part of</i>; <as>as, <ex>micro</ex>farad, <ex>micro</ex>ohm, <ex>micro</ex>meter</as>.</def>

<h1>Microamp\'8are</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw>Mi`cro*am`p\'8are"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Micr-</ets> + <ets>amp\'8are</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>One of the smaller measures of electrical currents; the millionth part of one amp\'8are.</def>

<h1>Microbacteria</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw>Mi`cro*bac*te"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Micro-</er>, and <er>Bacterium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>In the classification of Cohn, one of the four tribes of Bacteria.</def>

<note>&hand; In this classification bacteria are divided into four tribes: 1. <spn>Spherobacteria</spn>, or spherical bacteria, as the genus <spn>Micrococcus</spn>. 2. <spn>Microbacteria</spn>, or bacteria in the form of short rods, including the genus <spn>Bacterium</spn>. 3. <spn>Desmobacteria</spn>, or bacteria in straight filaments, of which the genus <spn>Bacillus</spn> is a type. 4. <spn>Spirobacteria</spn>, or bacteria in spiral filaments, as the genus <spn>Vibrio</spn>.</note>

<h1>Microbe, Microbion</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw><hw>Mi"crobe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mi*cro"bi*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>microbion</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ little + <?/ life.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A microscopic organism; -- particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; <as>as, the <ex>microbe</ex> of fowl cholera</as>.</def>

<h1>Microbian</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw>Mi*cro"bi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or caused by, microbes; <as>as, the <ex>microbian</ex> theory; a <ex>microbian</ex> disease.</as></def>

<h1>Microbic</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw>Mi*crob"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a microbe.</def>

<h1>Microbicide</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw>Mi*crob"i*cide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Microbe</ets> + L. <ets>caedere</ets> to kill.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Any agent detrimental to, or destructive of, the life of microbes or bacterial organisms.</def>

<h1>Microcephalic, Microcephalous</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw><hw>Mi`cro*ce*phal"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mi`cro*ceph"a*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Micro-</ets> + <ets>cephalic</ets>, <ets>cephalous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; -- opposed to <ant>megacephalic</ant>.</def>

<h1>Micro-chemical</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw>Mi`cro-chem"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to micro-chemistry; <as>as, a <ex>micro-chemical</ex> test</as>.</def>

<h1>Micro-chemistry</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw>Mi`cro-chem"is*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Micro-</ets> + <ets>chemistry</ets>.]</ety> <def>The application of chemical tests to minute objects or portions of matter, magnified by the use of the microscopy; -- distinguished from <i>macro-chemistry</i>.</def>

<h1>Microchronometer</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw>Mi`cro*chro*nom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A chronoscope.</def>

<h1>Microcline</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw>Mi"cro*cline</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Micro-</ets> + Gr. <?/ to incline.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form.</def>

<h1>Micrococcal</h1> <Xpage=921>