| nem | A nutritional unit defined as 1 gram breast milk of specific nutritional components having a caloric value equivalent to 2/3 calorie. Origin: Ger. Nahrungseinheit Milch, milk nutrition unit (05 Mar 2000) |
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| nema- | Thread, threadlike. Origin: G. Nema (05 Mar 2000) |
| nemaline | <chemical> Having the form of threads; fibrous. Origin: L. Nema thread, gr, fr. To spin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nemaline myopathy | A congenital myofibrillar abnormality in which small threadlike or rod-shaped bodies are scattered through the muscle fibres. It is marked by hypotonia and proximal muscle weakness. It is also called rod myopathy with reference to the threadlike (greek nema, thread) rods or myofibrils (latin fibrilla, a little fibre or threadlike structure). (12 Dec 1998) |
| nemalite | <chemical> A fibrous variety of brucite. Origin: Gr. Thread: cf. F. Nemalite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nematelmia | <zoology> Same as Nemathelminthes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nematelminthes | <zoology> An ordr of helminths, including the Nematoidea and Gordiacea; the roundworms. Alternative forms: Nematelminthea. Origin: NL. See Nemato-, and Helminthes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nemathecium | Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A thread + a box. <botany> A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nemathelminth | A member of the former phylum Nemathelminthes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nemathelminthes | Formerly considered a phylum to incorporate the pseudocelomate organisms, which now are divided into the distinct phyla Acanthocephala, Entoprocta, Rotifera, Gastrotricha, Kinorhyncha, Nematoda, and Nematomorpha. Origin: nemat-+ G. Helmins, helminthos, worm (05 Mar 2000) |
| nematization | Infestation by nematodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nematoblast | <biology> A spermatocyte or spermoblast. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nematocalyx | Origin: NL. See Nemato-, and Calyx. <zoology> One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidae. They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nematocera | <zoology> A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennae, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly. Synonym: Nemocera. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, a thread + horn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nematocidal | Destructive to nematode worms. (05 Mar 2000) |