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microdont [microdont 词源字典]: "Having or characterized by relatively or abnormally small teeth; designating such a tooth", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Huxley (1825–1895), biologist and science educationist. From micro- + -odont. Compare French microdonte.[microdont etymology, microdont origin, 英语词源]
medio-palatine: "(Also as noun: the medio-palatine bone.)", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Elliott Coues (1842–1889), naturalist and historian.
meningococcus: "A bacterium involved in some forms of meningitis and cerebrospinal infection", Late 19th century: from meninges + coccus.
muciferous: "Containing, secreting, or covered with mucus or mucoid material; conveying mucus; (in later use) specifically designating the mucocysts of protozoans, especially in muciferous body", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. From muci- + -ferous.
microworld: "The world viewed on a microscopic or subatomic scale; a small-scale theoretical or physical model of the world or of some aspect of it; a microcosm; ( Computing ) a simulated or virtual reality environment", 1920s; earliest use found in Science. From micro- + world.
muliebrity: "Womanly qualities; womanliness", Late 16th century: from late Latin muliebritas, from Latin mulier 'woman'.
mesencephalon: "Another term for midbrain", Mid 19th century: from Greek mesos 'middle' + encephalon.
monistical: "= monistic", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Century Dictionary. From monist + -ical.
multocular: "Having many eyes or ommatidia. In later use frequently figurative . Now rare", Late 17th cent. From multi- + -ocular.
mucosalivary: "Secreting or relating to both mucus and saliva", Late 19th cent..
multum in parvo: "A great deal in a small space", Latin, literally 'much in little'.
masseter: "A muscle which runs through the rear part of the cheek from the temporal bone to the lower jaw on each side and closes the jaw in chewing", Late 16th century: from Greek masētēr, from masasthai 'to chew'.
mylohyoid: "Associated with, relating to, or supplying the mylohyoid muscle", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Erasmus Wilson (1809–1884), dermatologist and philanthropist. From mylohyoideus with omission of the ending: see -oid.
monopsony: "A market situation in which there is only one buyer", 1930s: from mono- 'one' + Greek opsōnein 'buy provisions' + -y³.
monopsonist: "The single buyer or consumer in a monopsony; a monopsony buyer", 1930s. From monopsony + -ist. Compare monopsonistic.
mesosaprobe: "= mesosaprobic", 1920s; earliest use found in The Glasgow Herald. From meso- + saprobe.
microbicide: "A microbicidal agent", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in The British Medical Journal. From microbe + -icide.
mesogastrium: "The middle region of the abdomen between the epigastrium and the hypogastrium", Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from meso- 'middle' + Greek gastēr, gastr- 'stomach'.
macrophysics: "The part of physics that deals with bodies and phenomena on a macroscopic scale", Early 20th cent. From macro- + physics, after macrophysical.
microelement: "Chiefly Plant Physiol. An inorganic micronutrient; a trace element", 1930s; earliest use found in Chemical Abstracts. From micro- + element.