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mucoserous [mucoserous 词源字典]: "Consisting of or secreting both mucus and serous fluid", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Hunter Semple (c1814–1891).[mucoserous etymology, mucoserous origin, 英语词源]
meromictic: "Of a lake: exhibiting meromixis", 1930s. From German meromikt- + -ic. Compare later meromixis.
misogynic: "= misogynistic", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in The New Monthly Magazine. From misogyn or its etymon ancient Greek μισογύνης + -ic.
multi-angular: "= multangular", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in George W. Francis (1800–1865), botanist. From multi- + angular.
millepore: "A fire coral", Mid 18th century: from French millépore or modern Latin millepora, from Latin mille 'thousand' + porus 'pore'.
medulla oblongata: "The continuation of the spinal cord within the skull, forming the lowest part of the brainstem and containing control centres for the heart and lungs", Late 17th century: modern Latin, literally 'elongated medulla'.
mesosaprobic: "Designating, relating to, or characteristic of running water which is partially polluted", 1920s. From meso- + saprobic, after German Mesosaprob.
monasterial: "Belonging to or of the nature of a monastery", Late Middle English; earliest use found in Reginald Pecock (c1392–?1459), bishop of Chichester and religious author. From post-classical Latin monasterialis from monasterium + -alis.
multidentate: " Zoology . Having many teeth or serrations", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in George Samouelle (d. 1846). From multi- + dentate.
masculinoid: "Of a woman: having a masculine appearance or certain masculine characteristics; exhibiting behaviour typical of a man", 1920s. From masculine + -oid.
mucopurulent: "Consisting of mucus and pus", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Lancet.
megascopic: "Visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye; macroscopic", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Scientific American. From mega- + -scopic, in sense 1a after megascope and in sense 2 after microscopic.
multicentric: "Designating, exhibiting, or relating to origin from, or involvement of, several sites in the body or an organ", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. From multi- + -centric.
median lethal dose: "The dose of a drug or of ionizing radiation that kills 50 per cent of test subjects; symbol LD50", 1920s.
monopsonistic: "Relating to or characterized by monopsony; that is a monopsonist", 1930s. From monopsony + -istic, after monopsonist.
monochromist: "A person who paints, draws, or prints in monochrome", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in John Evelyn (1620–1706), diarist and writer. From monochrome + -ist.
metachromasia: "The property of certain biological materials of staining a different colour from that of the stain used", Early 20th century: modern Latin, from meta- (expressing change) + Greek khrōma 'colour'.
metopomancy: "Divination by the (lines on the) forehead or face", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Blount (1618–1679), antiquary and lexicographer. From French métopomantie, subsequently re-formed after -mancy.
muliebral: "Of, relating to, or characteristic of women or womanhood", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Noah Biggs (fl. 1651), medical practitioner and social reformer. From classical Latin muliebris characteristic of a woman, effeminate (from the stem of mulier + -ris, suffix forming adjectives) + -al.
monochromat: "A person with monochromatism", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Philosophical Review. From German Monochromat from ancient Greek μονο- + χρωματ-, χρῶμα colour.