Muz"zle, v. i. To bring the mouth or muzzle near.
The bear muzzles and smells to him.
L'Estrange.
Muz"zle-load`er (?), n. A firearm which receives its charge through the
muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech.
Muz"zle-load`ing, a. Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a
muzzle-loading rifle.
Muz"zy (?), a. [Cf. F. muse.] Absent-minded; dazed; muddled; stupid.
The whole company stared at me with a whimsical, muzzy look, like
men whose senses were a little obfuscated by beer rather than wine.
W. Irving.
My (?), a. & poss. pron. [OE. mi, fr. min. See Mine, and cf., for loss
of n, A, a., An, a.] Of or belonging to me; -- used always
attributively; as, my body; my book; -- mine is used in the predicate;
as, the book is mine. See Mine.
||My"a (?), n. [L. mya a kind of mussel.] (Zoöl.) A genus of bivalve
||mollusks, including the common long, or soft-shelled, clam.
||My*al"gi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; muscle + &?; pain.] (Med.) Pain
||in the muscles; muscular rheumatism or neuralgia.
My*all" wood` (?). (Bot.) A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored
Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from
the small tree Acacia homolophylla.
||My*a"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A division of bivalve mollusks of
||which the common clam (Mya) is the type.
||My*ce"li*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. my`khs a mushroom.] (Bot.) The
||white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus
||is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn. -- My*ce"li*al (#), a.
Myc"e*loid (?), a. [Mycelium + -oid.] (Bot.) Resembling mycelium.
||My*ce"tes (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mykhth`s a bellower, fr. myka^sqai to
||bellow.] (Zoöl.) A genus of South American monkeys, including the
||howlers. See Howler, 2, and Illust.
Myc"e*toid (?), [Gr. my`khs, -htos, a fungus + -oid.] (Bot.) Resembling
a fungus.
||My`co*der"ma (?), n. [NL., from Gr. my`khs a fungus + de`rma skin.]
||1. (Biol.) One of the forms in which bacteria group themselves; a
||more or less thick layer of motionless but living bacteria, formed by
||the bacteria uniting on the surface of the fluid in which they are
||developed. This production differs from the zoöglœa stage of bacteria
||by not having the intermediary mucous substance.
2. A genus of microörganisms of which the acetic ferment (Mycoderma
aceti), which converts alcoholic fluids into vinegar, is a
representative. Cf. Mother.
{ My`co*log"ic (?), My`co*log"ic*al (?), } a. Of or relating to
mycology, or the fungi.
My*col"o*gist (?), n. One who is versed in, or who studies, mycology.
My*col"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. my`khs fungus + -logy.] That branch of
botanical science which relates to the mushrooms and other fungi.
My`co*mel"ic (?), a. [Gr. (spurious) my^kos mucus (L. mucus) + me`li
honey.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous
acid of the alloxan group, obtained as a honey-yellow powder. Its
solutions have a gelatinous consistency.
My`co*pro"te*in (?), n. [Gr. (spurious) my^kos mucus (L. mucus) + E.
protein.] (Biol.) The protoplasmic matter of which bacteria are
composed.
My"cose (-ks), n. [Gr. my`khs a mushroom.] (Chem.) A variety of sugar,
isomeric with sucrose and obtained from certain lichens and fungi.
Called also trehalose. [Written also mykose.]
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||Myc"o*thrix (mk"*thrks), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (spurious) my`khs mucus (L.
||mucus) + qri`x, tricho`s, hair.] (Biol.) The chain of micrococci
||formed by the division of the micrococci in multiplication.
My*da"le*ine (?), n. [Gr. myda^n to be clammy (from decay).] (Physiol.
Chem.) A toxic alkaloid (ptomaine) obtained from putrid flesh and from
herring brines. As a poison it is said to execute profuse diarrhœa,
vomiting, and intestinal inflammation. Brieger.
Myd`a*tox"in (?), n. [Gr. myda^n to be clammy (from decay) + toxic +
in.] (Physiol. Chem.) A poisonous amido acid, C6H13NO2, separated by
Brieger from decaying horseflesh. In physiological action, it is
similar to curare.
||Myd"a*us (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. myda^n to be clammy or damp.] (Zoöl.)
||The teledu.
||My*dri"a*sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Physiol. & Med.) A
||long-continued or excessive dilatation of the pupil of the eye.
Myd`ri*at"ic (?), a. Causing dilatation of the pupil. -- n. A mydriatic
medicine or agent, as belladonna.
||My`e*len*ceph"a*la (?), n. pl. [NL. See Myelencephalon.] (Zoöl.) Same
||as Vertebrata.
My`e*len`ce*phal"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the
myelencephalon; cerebro- spinal.
||My`e*len*ceph"a*lon (?), n. [NL., from Gr. myelo`s marrow + E.
||encephalon.] (Anat.) (a) The brain and spinal cord; the
||cerebro-spinal axis; the neuron. Sometimes abbreviated to
||myelencephal. (b) The metencephalon. Huxley.
My`e*len*ceph"a*lous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the
Myelencephala.
My"e*lin (?), n. [Gr. marrow.] (Physiol. Chem.) (a) A soft white
substance constituting the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers, and
composed mainly of cholesterin, lecithin, cerebrin, albumin, and some
fat. (b) One of a group of phosphorized principles occurring in nerve
tissue, both in the brain and nerve fibers.
||My`e*li"tis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. myelo`s marrow + -itis.] (Med.)
||Inflammation of the spinal marrow or its membranes.
My"e*lo*cœle` (?), n. [Gr. myelo`s marrow + koi^los hollow.] (Anat.)
The central canal of the spinal cord.
My`e*lo*gen"ic (?), a. [Gr. myelo`s marrow + the root of &?; to be
born.] (Physiol.) Derived from, or pertaining to, the bone marrow.
My"e*loid (?), a. [Gr. myelo`s marrow + -oid.] Resembling marrow in
appearance or consistency; as, a myeloid tumor.
My`e*loid"in (?), n. [Myelin + -oid + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.) A
substance, present in the protoplasm of the retinal epithelium cells,
and resembling, if not identical with, the substance (myelin) forming
the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers.
||My"e*lon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. myelo`s marrow.] (Anat.) The spinal
||cord. (Sometimes abbrev. to myel.)
My"e*lo`nal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the myelon; as, the
myelonal, or spinal, nerves.
||My`e*lo*neu"ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. myelo`s + ney^ron a nerve.]
||(Zoöl.) The Vertebrata.
||My*el"o*plax (?), n.; pl. E. Myeloplaxes (#), L. Myeloplaces (#).
||[NL., fr. Gr. myelo`s marrow + &?; anything flat and broad.] (Anat.)
||One of the huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow of bone and
||occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See Osteoclast.
||Myg"a*le (?), n. [L., a field mouse, Gr. &?;.] (Zoöl.) A genus of
||very large hairy spiders having four lungs and only four spinnerets.
||They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubes in the earth,
||which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The South American bird
||spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab spider, or matoutou (M.
||cancerides) are among the largest species. Some of the species are
||erroneously called tarantulas, as the Texas tarantula (M. Hentzii).
Myl"o*don (?), n. [Gr. &?; a mill + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth.]
(Paleon.) An extinct genus of large slothlike American edentates,
allied to Megatherium.
My`lo*hy"oid (?), a. [Gr. &?; the molar teeth + E. hyoid.] (Anat.)
Pertaining to, or in the region of, the lower jaw and the hyoid
apparatus; as, the mylohyoid nerve.
My"na (?), n. [See Mino bird.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of
Asiatic starlings of the genera Acridotheres, Sturnopastor, Sturnia,
Gracula, and allied genera. In habits they resemble the European
starlings, and like them are often caged and taught to talk. See Hill
myna, under Hill, and Mino bird. [Spelt also mynah.]