Meshed Meshed adjective Mashed; brewed. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Meshy Mesh"y adjective Formed with meshes; netted.
Mesiad Mes"i·ad adverb [ Greek
me`sos middle + Latin
ad to.]
(Anat.) Toward, or on the side toward, the mesial plane; mesially; -- opposed to laterad .
Mesial Me"sial adjective [ Greek
me`sos middle.]
(Anat.) Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; -- opposed to lateral . Mesial plane .
(Anat.) See Meson .
Mesially Me"sial·ly adverb (Anat.) In, near, or toward, the mesial plane; mesiad.
Mesityl Mes"i·tyl noun (Chemistry) A hypothetical radical formerly supposed to exist in mesityl oxide. Mesityl oxide (Chemistry) ,
a volatile liquid having the odor of peppermint, obtained by certain dehydrating agents from acetone; -- formerly called also dumasin .
Mesitylenate Me·sit"y·le·nate noun (Chemistry) A salt of mesitylenic acid.
Mesitylene Me·sit"y·lene noun (Chemistry) A colorless, fragrant liquid, C 6 H 3 (CH 3 ) 3 , of the benzene series of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with sulphuric acid. --
Me*sit`y*len"ic adjective
Mesitylol Me·sit"y·lol noun [
Mesityl ene +
-ol .]
(Chemistry) A crystalline substance obtained from mesitylene.
Meslin Mes"lin noun See Maslin .
Mesmeree Mes`mer·ee" noun A person subjected to mesmeric influence; one who is mesmerized. [ R.]
Mesmeric, Mesmerical Mes·mer"ic, Mes·mer"ic·al adjective [ Confer French
mesmérique .]
Of, pertaining to, or induced by, mesmerism; as, mesmeric sleep.
Mesmerism Mes"mer·ism noun [ From
Mesmer , who first brought it into notice at Vienna, about 1775: confer French
mesmérisme .]
The art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. See Animal magnetism , under Magnetism .
Mesmerist Mes"mer·ist noun One who practices, or believes in, mesmerism.
Mesmerization Mes`mer·i·za"tion noun The act of mesmerizing; the state of being mesmerized.
Mesmerize Mes"mer·ize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Mesmerized ;
present participle & verbal noun Mesmerizing .]
To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.
Mesmerizer Mes"mer·i`zer noun One who mesmerizes.
Mesne Mesne adjective [ Confer
Mean intermediate.]
(Law) Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord. Mesne process ,
intermediate process; process intervening between the beginning and end of a suit, sometimes understood to be the whole process preceding the execution. Blackstone. Burrill. --
Mesne profits , profits of premises during the time the owner has been wrongfully kept out of the possession of his estate.
Burrill.
Meso-, Mes- Mes"o-, Mes- [ Greek me`sos in the middle.] A combining form denoting in the middle , intermediate ; specif. (Chemistry) , denoting a type of hydrocarbons which are regarded as methenyl derivatives . Also used adjectively.
Mesoarium Mes`o·a"ri·um noun [ New Latin , from Greek
me`sos middle +
'w,a`rion , dim. of
'w,o`n an egg.]
(Anat.) The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the dorsal wall of the body cavity.
Mesoblast Mes"o·blast noun [
Meso- +
-blast .]
(Biol.) (a) The mesoderm. (b) The cell nucleus; mesoplast.
Mesoblastic Mes`o·blas"tic adjective (Biol.) Relating to the mesoblast; as, the mesoblastic layer.
Mesobranchial Mes`o·bran"chi·al adjective [
Meso- +
branchial .]
(Zoology) Of or pertaining to a region of the carapace of a crab covering the middle branchial region.
Mesobronchium Mes`o·bron"chi·um noun ;
plural Mesobronchia . [ New Latin See
Meso- , and
Bronchia .]
(Anat.) The main bronchus of each lung.
Mesocœle Mes`o·cœ"le Mes`o*cœ"li*a noun [ New Latin mesocoelia . See Meso- , and Cœlia .] (Anat.) The cavity of the mesencephalon; the iter.
Mesocarp Mes"o·carp noun [
Meso- + Greek
karpo`s fruit.]
(Botany) The middle layer of a pericarp which consists of three distinct or dissimilar layers. Gray.
Mesocephalic Mes`o·ce·phal"ic adjective [
Meso- +
cephalic .]
(Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the middle of the head; as, the mesocephalic flexure. (b) Having the cranial cavity of medium capacity; neither megacephalic nor microcephalic. (c) Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium a medium one; mesaticephalic.
Mesocephalon Mes`o·ceph"a·lon noun [ New Latin See
Meso- , and
Cephalon .]
(Anat.) The pons Varolii.
Mesocephalous Mes`o·ceph"a·lous adjective (Anat.) Mesocephalic.
Mesocolon Mes`o·co"lon noun [ New Latin , from Greek ...;
me`sos middle + ... the colon : confer French
mésocôlon .]
(Anat.) The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the colon. --
Mes`o*col"ic adjective
Mesocoracoid Mes`o·cor"a·coid noun [
Meso- +
coracoid .]
(Anat.) A process from the middle of the coracoid in some animals.
Mesocuneiform, Mesocuniform Mes`o·cu·ne"i·form, Mes`o·cu"ni·form noun [
Meso- +
cuneiform ,
cuniform .]
(Anat.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See 2d Cuneiform .
Mesocæcum Mes`o·cæ"cum noun (Anat.) [ New Latin See
Meso- , and
Cæcum .]
The fold of peritoneum attached to the cæcum. --
Mes`o*cæ"cal adjective
Mesoderm Mes"o·derm noun [
Meso- + Greek
de`rma skin.]
(Biol.) (a) The layer of the blastoderm, between the ectoderm and endoderm; mesoblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm and Ectoderm . (b) The middle body layer in some invertebrates. (c) The middle layer of tissue in some vegetable structures.
Mesodermal Mes`o·der"mal adjective (Biol.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mesoderm; as, mesodermal tissues.
Mesodermic Mes`o·der"mic adjective Same as Mesodermal .
Mesodont Mes"o·dont adjective [
Meso- + Greek
'odoy`s ,
'odo`ntos , a tooth.]
(Anat.) Having teeth of moderate size.
Mesogaster Mes`o·gas"ter noun [ New Latin , from Greek
me`sos middle + ... belly.]
(Anat.) The fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity; the mesogastrium.
Mesogastric Mes`o·gas"tric adjective [
Meso- +
gastric .]
1. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the middle region of the abdomen, or of the stomach. (b) Of or pertaining to the mesogaster. 2. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the carapace of a crab.
Mesogastrium Mes`o·gas"tri·um noun [ New Latin See
Mesogaster .]
(Anat.) (a) The umbilical region. (b) The mesogaster.
Mesoglœa Mes`o·glœ"a noun [ New Latin , from Greek
me`sos middle + ... a glutinous substance.]
(Zoology) A thin gelatinous tissue separating the ectoderm and endoderm in certain cœlenterates. --
Mes`o*glœ"al adjective
Mesognathous Me·sog"na·thous adjective [
Meso- + Greek
gna`qos jaw.]
(Anat.) Having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous. See Gnathic index , under Gnathic .
Mesohepar Mes`o·he"par noun [ New Latin See
Meso- , and
Hepar .]
(Anat.) A fold of the peritoneum connecting the liver with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity.
Mesohippus Mes`o·hip"pus noun [ New Latin , from Greek
me`sos middle + ... a horse.]
(Paleon.) An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.
Mesolabe Mes"o·labe noun [ Latin
mesolabium , Greek ...;
me`sos middle + ... to take.]
An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube. Brande & C.
Mesole Mes"ole noun [ Greek
me`sos middle.]
(Min.) Same as Thomsonite .
Mesolite Mes"o·lite noun [
Meso- +
-lite .]
(Min.) A zeolitic mineral, grayish white or yellowish, occuring in delicate groups of crystals, also fibrous massive. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina, lime, and soda.
Mesologarithm Mes`o·log"a·rithm noun [
Meso- +
logarithm : confer French
mésologarithme .]
(Math.) A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent. [ Obsolete]
Kepler. Hutton.
Mesometrium Mes`o·me"tri·um noun [ New Latin See
Meso- , and
Metrium .]
(Anat.) The fold of the peritoneum supporting the oviduct.
Mesomycetes Mes`o·my·ce"tes noun plural [ New Latin ;
meso- +
mycetes .]
(Botany) One of the three classes into which the fungi are divided in Brefeld's classification. --
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