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malar [malar 词源字典]: "Relating to the cheek", Late 18th century: from modern Latin malaris, from Latin mala 'jaw'.[malar etymology, malar origin, 英语词源]
multiple myeloma: "A malignant clonal proliferation of plasma cells, typically causing multiple lytic tumours in bones and usually associated with the presence of abnormal proteins in the blood and urine", Late 19th cent. From multiple + myeloma, after German multiples Myelom.
Mastigophora: "A group of single-celled animals that includes the protozoal flagellates, which are now generally divided among several phyla of the kingdom Protista", Modern Latin (plural), from Greek mastigophoros, from mastix, mastig- 'whip' + -phoros 'bearing'.
macushla: "An affectionate form of address", From Irish mo 'my' + cuisle 'pulse' (see also acushla).
mao-tai: "A strong sorghum-based alcoholic drink distilled in SW China", Named after a town in SW China.
mobbish: "Resembling or having the characteristics of a mob; disorderly, tumultuous; crowded. Also (usually depreciative ): characteristic of or appealing to the common people", Late 17th cent. From mob + -ish.
minify: "To diminish in significance or importance; to regard or represent (something) as less significant than it really is; to depreciate, belittle", Late 17th cent. From classical Latin min- + -ify, after magnify.
melanian: "A freshwater snail of the former family Melaniidae (now separated into the Melanopsidae, Pleuroceridae, and Thiaridae)", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Penny Cyclopaedia. From scientific Latin Melania, genus name + -an, after French mélanien.
mephitis: "A noxious gas emanating from something, especially from the earth", Early 18th century: from Latin.
multipotent: "Having much power; very powerful. Now rare", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in William Shakespeare (1564–1616), playwright and poet. From classical Latin multipotent-, multipotēns from multi- + potent-, potēns.
meander line: "A survey line that follows an irregular course, especially one following the bank of a watercourse or the margin of a body of water", Late 19th cent..
Mr: "A title used before a surname or full name to address or refer to a man without a higher or honorific or professional title", Late Middle English: originally an abbreviation of master¹; compare with mister¹.
monorheme: "A single element or word with a phrasal meaning", 1930s; earliest use found in John Orr (1885–1966). From mono- + rheme, after French monorème, noun and adjective.
misocapnic: "That hates tobacco smoke or smoking", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Charles Kingsley (1819–1875), novelist, Church of England clergyman, and controversialist. From miso- + ancient Greek καπνός smoke + -ic, after post-classical Latin Misocapnus, title of James VI & I's Counter-blaste to Tobacco in Bishop Montagu's Latin edition of his works. Compare French misocapnie, Portuguese misocapnia, both in sense ‘hatred of tobacco smoke’.
megapod: "= megapode", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Century Dictionary. From mega- + -pod, as re-formation of megapode.
momentaneous: "Lasting only a moment; momentary ( Linguistics , with reference to the time taken to perform the action expressed by a verb)", Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Lydgate (c1370–c1449), poet and prior of Hatfield Regis. From post-classical Latin momentaneus momentary (Vetus Latina), instantaneous + -ous.
myrmecophyte: "A myrmecophilous plant; specifically any of certain tropical epiphytes adapted by means of specialized structures to give shelter to ants, and in some cases to supply them with food", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. From German Myrmekophyt from myrmeko- + -phyt.
merocrine: "Designating a gland whose secretory product is released without the loss of cells or their cytoplasm", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in George Gould (1848–1922). From French mérocrine from méro- + ancient Greek κρίνειν to separate; compare Ranvier's parallel formation olocrine.
megapode: "A large ground-dwelling Australasian and SE Asian bird that builds a large mound of debris to incubate its eggs by the heat of decomposition", Mid 19th century: from modern Latin Megapodius (genus name), from mega- 'large' + Greek pous, pod- 'foot'.
Mycetozoa: "With singular concord: a taxon comprising slime moulds. With plural concord: members of this taxon collectively. Compare earlier Myxogastres, Myxomycetes", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. From scientific Latin Mycetozoa from myceto- + -zoa, after German Mycetozoen.