English dictionary: words starting with m - page 438

Meanings of Myxogastres:

noun

A taxon comprising all or most of the plasmodial slime moulds. now more usually called myxomycetes.

Meanings of Myxoid:

adjective

Mucoid.

Meanings of Myxoma:

noun

A benign tumour of connective tissue containing mucus or gelatinous material.

Usage examples:

They are the third most common primary cardiac tumors after myxomas and lipomas, accounting for 7% …

Meanings of Myxomas:

noun

A benign tumour of connective tissue containing mucus or gelatinous material.

Usage examples:

They are the third most common primary cardiac tumors after myxomas and lipomas, accounting for 7% …

Meanings of Myxomata:

noun

A benign tumour of connective tissue containing mucus or gelatinous material.

Usage examples:

They are the third most common primary cardiac tumors after myxomas and lipomas, accounting for 7% …

Meanings of Myxomatosis:

noun

A highly infectious and usually fatal viral disease of rabbits, causing swelling of the mucous membranes and inflammation and discharge around the eyes.

Usage examples:

A potential solution to the rabbit problem was found, in the form of a virus that causes a rabbit d…

Meanings of Myxomycete:

noun

A slime mould, especially an acellular one whose vegetative stage is a multinucleate plasmodium.

Usage examples:

Fortunately, mycologists quickly dismissed any extraterrestrial biological entity hypothesis and id…

Meanings of Myxomycetes:

noun

A slime mould, especially an acellular one whose vegetative stage is a multinucleate plasmodium.

Usage examples:

Fortunately, mycologists quickly dismissed any extraterrestrial biological entity hypothesis and id…

Meanings of Myxomycetous:

adjective

Of or belonging to the taxon myxomycetes of slime moulds; of, relating to, or of the nature of a myxomycete.

Meanings of Myxophyceae:

adjective

Belonging or relating to the former class myxophyceae (now cyanophyceae), comprising the cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) when classified as plants; characteristic of cyanobacteria.

Meanings of Myxophycean:

adjective

Belonging or relating to the former class myxophyceae (now cyanophyceae), comprising the cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) when classified as plants; characteristic of cyanobacteria.

Meanings of Myxosarcoma:

noun

A sarcoma with a mucoid stroma, or areas of this.

Meanings of Myxospore:

noun

A resting spore formed in the fruiting bodies of certain myxobacteria in response to adverse conditions; a microcyst.

Meanings of Myxosporidia:

noun

A taxonomic group comprising the myxosporidians. with plural agreement (also myxosporidia): myxosporidian parasites collectively.

Meanings of Myxosporidian:

noun

A protozoan parasite of the sporozoan phylum myxospora or class myxosporea, chiefly affecting fishes and producing spores with extrusible coiled filaments contained in polar capsules.

adjective

Of, relating to, caused by, or designating a myxosporidian.

Meanings of Myxovirus:

noun

Any of a group of rna viruses including the influenza virus.

Usage examples:

On the other hand, flu is caused by a virus called myxovirus which spreads faster than the common c…

Meanings of Myzostoma:

noun

An annelid worm of the genus myzostoma or the class myzostomida.

Meanings of Myzostome:

noun

= myzostomid .

Meanings of Myzostomid:

noun

Any of various small annelid worms belonging to the class myzostomida, which have disc-like bodies with suckers and are commensals and ectoparasites of echinoderms, especially crinoids.

adjective

Of, relating to, or designating a myzostomid.

Meanings of Mzee:

noun

(in east africa) an older person; an elder (often used as a title of respect).

Usage examples:

Mzee jomo kenyatta

Meanings of Mzungu:

noun

(in east africa) a white person.

Usage examples:

There was a mzungu just off the nyeri road who was a teacher