| myalgia | (noun) pain in a muscle or group of muscles | Synonyms: myodynia |
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| myasthenia | (noun) a chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck); caused by a deficiency of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions | Synonyms: myasthenia gravis |
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| (noun) any muscular weakness | - |
| mycelium | (noun) the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae | - |
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| mycobacteria | (noun) rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases | Synonyms: mycobacterium |
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| mycobacterium | (noun) rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases | Synonyms: mycobacteria |
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| mycologist | (noun) a botanist who specializes in the study of fungi | - |
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| mycology | (noun) the branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases | - |
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| mycomycin | (noun) a highly unsaturated antibiotic acid obtained from an actinomycete | - |
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| mycophage | (noun) a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms) | Synonyms: mycophagist |
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| mycophagist | (noun) a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms) | Synonyms: mycophage |
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| mycophagy | (noun) the practice of eating fungi (especially mushrooms collected in the wild) | - |
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| mycoplasma | (noun) any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection | - |
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| mycosis | (noun) an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus | Synonyms: fungal infection |
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| mycosterol | (noun) a kind of sterol found in fungi. | - |
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| mycotoxin | (noun) a toxin produced by a fungus | - |
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| mydriasis | (noun) reflex pupillary dilation as a muscle pulls the iris outward; occurs in response to a decrease in light or certain drugs | - |
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| mydriatic | (noun) a drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate; used to aid eye examinations | Synonyms: mydriatic drug |
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| myelatelia | (noun) any developmental defect of the spinal cord | - |
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| myelencephalon | (noun) the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults | - |
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| myelin | (noun) a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers | Synonyms: medulla, myeline |
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| myeline | (noun) a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers | Synonyms: medulla, myelin |
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| myelinisation | (noun) the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber | Synonyms: myelinization |
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| myelinization | (noun) the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber | Synonyms: myelinisation |
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| myelitis | (noun) inflammation of the spinal cord | - |
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| myeloblast | (noun) a precursor of leukocytes that normally occurs only in bone marrow | - |
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| myelocyte | (noun) an immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow | - |
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| myelofibrosis | (noun) fibrosis of the bone marrow | - |
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| myelogram | (noun) X-ray film of the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots and subarachnoid space | - |
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| myelography | (noun) roentgenography of the spinal cord to detect possible lesions (usually after injection of a contrast medium into the subarachnoid space) | - |
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| myeloma | (noun) a tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow | - |
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| myelomeningocele | (noun) a congenital defect of the central nervous system in which a sac containing part of the spinal cord and its meninges protrude through a gap in the vertebral column; frequently accompanied by hydrocephalus and mental retardation | - |
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| myg | (noun) one ten thousandth of a centner | Synonyms: myriagram |
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| myiasis | (noun) infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation | - |
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| mylodon | (noun) large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America | - |
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| mylodontid | (noun) a variety of extinct edentate | - |
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| mym | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters | Synonyms: myriameter, myriametre |
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| myna | (noun) tropical Asian starlings | Synonyms: mina, minah, myna bird, mynah, mynah bird |
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| mynah | (noun) tropical Asian starlings | Synonyms: mina, minah, myna, myna bird, mynah bird |
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| myocardiopathy | (noun) a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium) | Synonyms: cardiomyopathy |
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| myocarditis | (noun) inflammation of the myocardium (the muscular tissue of the heart) | Synonyms: myocardial inflammation |
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| myocardium | (noun) the middle muscular layer of the heart wall | - |
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| myoclonus | (noun) a clonic spasm of a muscle or muscle group | - |
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| 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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