Myn"cher*y (?), n. A nunnery; -- a term still applied to the ruins of
certain nunneries in England.
Myn*heer" (?), n. [D. mijnheer.] The Dutch equivalent of Mr. or Sir;
hence, a Dutchman.
My"o- (?). A combining form of Gr. &?;, &?;, a muscle; as, myograph,
myochrome.
||My`o*car*di"tis (?), n. [NL. see Myocardium.] (Med.) Inflammation of
||the myocardium.
||My`o*car"di*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, muscle + &?; heart.]
||(Anat.) The main substance of the muscular wall of the heart inclosed
||between the epicardium and endocardium.
My"o*chrome (?), n. [Myo- + Gr. &?; color.] (Physiol.) A colored
albuminous substance in the serum from red-colored muscles. It is
identical with hemoglobin.
||My`o*com"ma (?), n.; pl. L. Myocommata (#), E. Myocommas (#). [NL.
||See Myo-, and Comma.] (Anat.) A myotome.
My`o*dy*nam"ics (?), n. [Myo- + dynamics.] (Physiol.) The department of
physiology which deals with the principles of muscular contraction; the
exercise of muscular force or contraction.
My`o*dy*na`mi*om"e*ter (?), n. A myodynamometer.
My`o*dy`na*mom"e*ter (?), n. [Myo- + E. dynamometer.] (Physiol.) An
instrument for measuring the muscular strength of man or of other
animals; a dynamometer. Dunglison.
My`o*ep`i*the"li*al (?), a. [Myo- + epithelial.] 1. (Biol.) Derived
from epithelial cells and destined to become a part of the muscular
system; -- applied to structural elements in certain embryonic forms.
2. (Zoöl.) Having the characteristics of both muscle and epithelium;
as, the myoepithelial cells of the hydra.
My*og"a*lid (?), n. [Myo- + Gr. &?; a weasel.] (Zoöl.) One of the
Myogalodæ, a family of Insectivora, including the desman, and allied
species.
My"o*gram (?), n. [Myo- + - gram.] (Physiol.) See Muscle curve, under
Muscle.
My"o*graph (?), n. [Myo- + - graph.] (Physiol.) An instrument for
determining and recording the different phases, as the intensity,
velocity, etc., of a muscular contraction.
{ My`o*graph"ic (?), My`o*graph"ic*al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to
myography.
My*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Cf. F. myographie.] The description of muscles,
including the study of muscular contraction by the aid of registering
apparatus, as by some form of myograph; myology.
My`o*hæm"a*tin (?), n. [Myo- + hæmatin.] (Physiol.) A red-colored
respiratory pigment found associated with hemoglobin in the muscle
tissue of a large number of animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate.
My"oid (?), a. [Myo- + - oid.] Composed of, or resembling, muscular
fiber.
||My`o*lem"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, a muscle + &?; skin.]
||(Anat.) Sarcolemma.
My"o*lin (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, muscle.] (Physiol.) The essential
material of muscle fibers.
{ My`o*log"ic (?), My`o*log"ic*al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to
myology.
My*ol"o*gist (?), n. One skilled in myology.
My*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Myo- + - logy: cf. F. myologie.] That part of
anatomy which treats of muscles.
||My*o"ma (?), n. [NL. See Myo-, and -oma.] (Med.) A tumor consisting
||of muscular tissue.
My"o*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. my^s mouse + -mancy.] Divination by the
movements of mice.
My"o*morph (?), n. One of the Myomorpha.
||My`o*mor"pha (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. my^s, myo`s, a mouse + &?;
||form.] (Zoöl.) An extensive group of rodents which includes the rats,
||mice, jerboas, and many allied forms.
||My`o*pa*thi"a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, a muscle + &?;, &?;, to
||suffer.] (Med.) Any affection of the muscles or muscular system.
My`o*path"ic (?), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to myopathia.
My*op"a*thy (?), n. Same as Myopathia.
My"ope (?), n. [F., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;; &?; to close, shut the eyes +
&?;, &?;, the eye.] A person having myopy; a myops.
My"o*phan (?), n. [Myo- + Gr. &?; to show.] (Zoöl.) A contractile
striated layer found in the bodies and stems of certain Infusoria.
My*o"pi*a (?), n. [NL. See Myope.] (Med.) Nearsightedness;
shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in which the rays from distant
object are brought to a focus before they reach the retina, and hence
form an indistinct image; while the rays from very near objects are
normally converged so as to produce a distinct image. It is corrected
by the use of a concave lens.
My*op"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or affected with, or characterized by,
myopia; nearsighted.
Myopic astigmatism, a condition in which the eye is affected with
myopia in one meridian only.
||My"ops (m"ps), n. [NL.] See Myope.
||My*op"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; fly + &?; sight.] (Med.) The
||appearance of muscæ volitantes. See Muscæ volitantes, under Musca.
My"o*py (?), n. [F. myopie.] (Med.) Myopia.
My"o*sin (?), n. [Gr. &?;, a muscle.] (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous
body present in dead muscle, being formed in the process of coagulation
which takes place in rigor mortis; the clot formed in the coagulation
of muscle plasma. See Muscle plasma, under Plasma.
Myosin belongs to the group of globulins. It is insoluble in water, but
soluble in dilute solution of salt, and is especially characterized by
being completely precipitated by saturation of its solutions with salt.
||My*o"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; to close the eyes or lips.] (Med.)
||Long-continued contraction of the pupil of the eye.
My`o*sit"ic (?), a. (Med.) Myotic.
||My`o*si"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, muscle + -itis.] (Med.)
||Inflammation of the muscles.
||My`o*so"tis (?), n. [NL.; Gr. &?;, lit., mouse ear.] (Bot.) A genus
||of plants. See Mouse- ear.
My*ot"ic (?), a. [See Myosis.] (Med.) Producing myosis, or contraction
of the pupil of the eye, as opium, calabar bean, etc. -- n. A myotic
agent.
My"o*tome (?), n. [See Myotomy.] (Anat.) (a) A muscular segment; one of
the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes,
are divided; a myocomma. (b) One of the embryonic muscular segments
arising from the protovertebræ; also, one of the protovertebræ
themselves. (c) The muscular system of one metamere of an articulate.
My`o*tom"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a myotome or myotomes.
My*ot"o*my (?), n. [Myo- + Gr. &?; to cut: cf. F. myotomie.] The
dissection, or that part of anatomy which treats of the dissection, of
muscles.
||Myr"ci*a (?), n. [NL.] (Bot.) A large genus of tropical American
||trees and shrubs, nearly related to the true myrtles (Myrtus), from
||which they differ in having very few seeds in each berry.
Myr"i*a- (?). [Gr. &?; a myriad. See Myriad.] A prefix, esp. in the
metric system, indicating ten thousand, ten thousand times; as,
myriameter.
Myr`i*a*can"thous (?), a. [Gr. &?; numberless + 'a`kanqa a spine.]
(Zoöl.) Having numerous spines, as certain fishes.
Myr"i*ad (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, fr. &?; numberless, pl. &?; ten
thousand: cf. F. myriade.] 1. The number of ten thousand; ten thousand
persons or things.