Myops
(||My"ops) n. [NL.] See Myope.
Myopsis
(||My*op"sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. fly + sight.] (Med.) The appearance of muscæ volitantes. See
Muscæ volitantes, under Musca.
Myopy
(My"o*py) n. [F. myopie.] (Med.) Myopia.
Myosin
(My"o*sin) n. (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous body present in dead muscle, being formed
in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis; the clot formed in the coagulation of
muscle plasma. See Muscle plasma, under Plasma.
Myosin belongs to the group of globulins. It is insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solution of salt,
and is especially characterized by being completely precipitated by saturation of its solutions with salt.
Myosis
(||My*o"sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. to close the eyes or lips.] (Med.) Long-continued contraction of the
pupil of the eye.
Myositic
(My`o*sit"ic) a. (Med.) Myotic.
Myositis
(||My`o*si"tis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. muscle + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the muscles.
Myosotis
(||My`o*so"tis) n. [NL.; Gr. lit., mouse ear.] (Bot.) A genus of plants. See Mouse- ear.
Myotic
(My*ot"ic) a. [See Myosis.] (Med.) Producing myosis, or contraction of the pupil of the eye, as
opium, calabar bean, etc. — n. A myotic agent.
Myotome
(My"o*tome) n. [See Myotomy.] (Anat.) (a) A muscular segment; one of the zones into
which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma. (b) One of the embryonic
muscular segments arising from the protovertebræ; also, one of the protovertebræ themselves. (c) The
muscular system of one metamere of an articulate.
Myotomic
(My`o*tom"ic) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a myotome or myotomes.
Myotomy
(My*ot"o*my) n. [Myo- + Gr. to cut: cf. F. myotomie.] The dissection, or that part of anatomy
which treats of the dissection, of muscles.
Myrcia
(||Myr"ci*a) n. [NL.] (Bot.) A large genus of tropical American trees and shrubs, nearly related
to the true myrtles from which they differ in having very few seeds in each berry.
Myria-
(Myr"i*a-) Myriad.]—> A prefix, esp. in the metric system, indicating ten thousand, ten thousand
times; as, myriameter.
Myriacanthous
(Myr`i*a*can"thous) a. [Gr. numberless + 'a`kanqa a spine.] (Zoöl.) Having numerous
spines, as certain fishes.
Myriad
(Myr"i*ad) n. [Gr. fr. numberless, pl. ten thousand: cf. F. myriade.]
1. The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things.
2. An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number.
Myriad
(Myr"i*ad), a. Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars.
