| myodynia | (noun) pain in a muscle or group of muscles | Synonyms: myalgia |
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| myofibril | (noun) one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber | Synonyms: myofibrilla, sarcostyle |
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| myofibrilla | (noun) one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber | Synonyms: myofibril, sarcostyle |
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| myoglobin | (noun) a hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until needed | - |
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| myoglobinuria | (noun) the presence of myoglobin in the urine | - |
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| myogram | (noun) a graphical recording of muscle activity | - |
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| myology | (noun) the branch of physiology that studies muscles | - |
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| myoma | (noun) a benign tumor composed of muscle tissue | - |
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| myometritis | (noun) inflammation of the myometrium | - |
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| myometrium | (noun) the smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus | - |
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| myonecrosis | (noun) localized death of muscle cell fibers | - |
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| myopathy | (noun) any pathology of the muscles that is not attributable to nerve dysfunction | - |
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| myope | (noun) a person with myopia; a nearsighted person | - |
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| myopia | (noun) (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred | Synonyms: nearsightedness, shortsightedness |
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| myosarcoma | (noun) sarcoma of muscle tissue | - |
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| myosin | (noun) the commonest protein in muscle; a globulin that combines with actin to form actomyosin | - |
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| myosis | (noun) reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller | Synonyms: light reflex, miosis, pupillary reflex |
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| (noun) an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest) | Synonyms: Bornholm disease, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurodynia |
| myositis | (noun) inflammation of muscle tissue | - |
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| myotic | (noun) a drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye) | Synonyms: miotic, miotic drug, myotic drug |
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| myotomy | (noun) surgical incision or division of a muscle | - |
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| myotonia | (noun) abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction | - |
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| myriad | (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand | Synonyms: 10000, ten thousand |
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| (noun) a large indefinite number | - |
| myriagram | (noun) one ten thousandth of a centner | Synonyms: myg |
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| myriameter | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters | Synonyms: mym, myriametre |
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| myriametre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters | Synonyms: mym, myriameter |
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| myriapod | (noun) general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes | - |
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| myringa | (noun) the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound | Synonyms: eardrum, tympanic membrane, tympanum |
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| myringectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the eardrum | - |
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| myringoplasty | (noun) surgical repair of a perforated eardrum with a tissue graft | - |
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| myringotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the eardrum (to relieve pressure or release pus from the middle ear) | - |
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| myrmecophile | (noun) an organism such as an insect that habitually shares the nest of a species of ant | - |
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| myrmecophyte | (noun) plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in symbiotic relations with it | - |
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| myrmidon | (noun) a follower who carries out orders without question | - |
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| myrobalan | (noun) small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit | Synonyms: cherry plum, myrobalan plum, Prunus cerasifera |
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| myrrh | (noun) aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume | Synonyms: gum myrrh, sweet cicely |
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| myrtle | (noun) any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus | - |
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| (noun) widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers | Synonyms: Vinca minor |
| mysoandry | (noun) hatred for men or boys | - |
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| mysophilia | (noun) abnormal attraction to filth | - |
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| mysophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of dirt or contamination | - |
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| mystery | (noun) something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained | Synonyms: closed book, enigma, secret |
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| (noun) a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie | Synonyms: mystery story, whodunit |
| mystic | (noun) someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension | Synonyms: religious mystic |
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| mysticism | (noun) a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality | Synonyms: religious mysticism |
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| (noun) obscure or irrational thought | - |
| mystification | (noun) the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered | Synonyms: obfuscation |
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| (noun) something designed to mystify or bewilder | - |
| (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement |
| mystifier | (noun) a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution | Synonyms: puzzle, puzzler, teaser |
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| mystique | (noun) an aura of heightened value or interest or meaning surrounding a person or thing | - |
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| myth | (noun) a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people | - |
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| mythologisation | (noun) the restatement of a message as a myth | Synonyms: mythologization |
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| mythologist | (noun) an expert on mythology | - |
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| mythologization | (noun) the restatement of a message as a myth | Synonyms: mythologisation |
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| mythology | (noun) the study of myths | - |
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| (noun) myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person | - |
| mytilid | (noun) marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell; live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones | Synonyms: marine mussel |
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| myxedema | (noun) hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration | Synonyms: myxoedema |
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| myxobacter | (noun) bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste | Synonyms: gliding bacteria, myxobacteria, myxobacterium, slime bacteria |
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| myxobacteria | (noun) bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste | Synonyms: gliding bacteria, myxobacter, myxobacterium, slime bacteria |
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| myxobacterium | (noun) bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste | Synonyms: gliding bacteria, myxobacter, myxobacteria, slime bacteria |
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| myxoedema | (noun) hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration | Synonyms: myxedema |
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| myxoma | (noun) a benign tumor of connective tissue containing jellylike material | - |
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| myxomatosis | (noun) a viral disease (usually fatal) of rabbits | - |
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| myxomycete | (noun) a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes | Synonyms: acellular slime mold, plasmodial slime mold, true slime mold |
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| myxosporidian | (noun) mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens | - |
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| myxovirus | (noun) any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps | - |
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| neomycin | (noun) an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery | Synonyms: fradicin, Neobiotic |
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| nephrectomy | (noun) surgical removal of a kidney | - |
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| nephrotomy | (noun) incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone) | - |
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| neurectomy | (noun) surgical removal of all or part of a nerve | - |
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| neuroanatomy | (noun) the anatomy of the nervous system | - |
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| oophorectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both ovaries | Synonyms: ovariectomy |
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| oophorosalpingectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both ovaries and the corresponding Fallopian tubes | - |
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| ophthalmectomy | (noun) surgical removal of an eye | - |
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| orchidectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both testicles | Synonyms: orchiectomy |
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| orchiectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both testicles | Synonyms: orchidectomy |
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| orchotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count) | - |
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| orthomyxovirus | (noun) a group of viruses including those causing influenza | - |
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| osteomyelitis | (noun) an inflammation of bone and bone marrow (usually caused by bacterial infection) | - |
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| osteotomy | (noun) surgical sectioning of bone | - |
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| ostomy | (noun) surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening for the elimination of bodily wastes | - |
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| ovariectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both ovaries | Synonyms: oophorectomy |
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| palmyra | (noun) tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving | Synonyms: Borassus flabellifer, longar palm, lontar, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm |
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| pancreatectomy | (noun) surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas | - |
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| panhysterectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the uterus and the ovaries and oviducts and cervix and related lymph nodes | Synonyms: radical hysterectomy |
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| paramyxovirus | (noun) a group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles | - |
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| perimysium | (noun) the sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of muscle fibers | - |
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| perineotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the perineum | - |
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| phenacomys | (noun) any of several vole-like terrestrial or arboreal rodents of cold forested regions of Canada and western United States | - |
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| phlebectomy | (noun) surgical removal or all or part of a vein; sometimes done in cases of severe varicose veins | - |
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| phlebotomy | (noun) surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis | Synonyms: venesection |
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| phycomycosis | (noun) any fungal infection caused by fungi of the Phycomycetes group | - |
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| physiognomy | (noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | Synonyms: countenance, kisser, mug, phiz, smiler, visage |
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| pigmy | (noun) an unusually small individual | Synonyms: pygmy |
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| pneumonectomy | (noun) surgical removal of a lung (usually to treat lung cancer) | - |
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| poliomyelitis | (noun) an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord | Synonyms: acute anterior poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, polio |
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| polygamy | (noun) the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time | - |
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| polymyositis | (noun) myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling; progression and severity vary among individuals | - |
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| polymyxin | (noun) any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium | - |
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| polypectomy | (noun) surgical removal of a polyp | - |
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| polysemy | (noun) the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings | Synonyms: lexical ambiguity |
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| polysomy | (noun) congenital defect of having one or more extra chromosomes in somatic cells | - |
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| pommy | (noun) a disparaging term for a British person | Synonyms: pom |
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| promycelium | (noun) the basidium of various fungi | - |
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| promythium | (noun) A section of text that comes before the story. | - |
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