| macrochemistry | <chemistry> The science which treats of the chemical properties, actions or relations of substances in quantity; distinguished from microchemistry. Origin: Macro- + chemistry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| macrochilia | 1. Abnormally enlarged lips. Synonym: macrolabia. 2. Cavernous lymphangioma of the lip, a condition of permanent swelling of the lip resulting from the presence of greatly distended lymphatic spaces. Synonym: macrochilia. Origin: macro-+ G. Cheilos, lip (05 Mar 2000) |
| macrochires | <ornithology> A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Long + hand. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| macrochylomicron | An unusually large chylomicron. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macrocnaemia | A condition characterised by enlargement of the legs below the knee. Origin: macro-+ G. Kneme, leg (05 Mar 2000) |
| macrococcus | A coccus of unusually large size. Synonym: macrococcus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macrocolon | A sigmoid colon of unusual length; a variety of megacolon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macroconidium | 1. A conidium, or exospore, of large size. 2. In fungi, the larger of two distinctively different-sized types of conidia in a single species, thick-or thin-walled and composed of 2 to 10 cells; characteristic of most dermatophytes and some other genera e.g., Histoplasma, Fusarium. Origin: macro-+ Mod. L. Dim. Fr. G. Konis, dust (05 Mar 2000) |
| macrocornea | An abnormally large cornea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macrocosm | The great world; that part of the universe which is exterior to man; contrasted with microcosm, or man. See Microcosm. Origin: Macro- + Gr. The world: cf. F. Macrocosme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| macrocranium | An enlarged skull, especially the bones containing the brain, as seen in hydrocephalus; the face appears relatively small in comparison. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macrocryoglobulin | A macroglobulin that has the properties of a cryoglobulin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macrocryoglobulinaemia | The presence of cold-precipitating macroglobulins in the peripheral blood; such macrocryoglobulins are often called cold haemagglutinins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macrocyst | <clinical sign> A cyst that is large enough to be felt with the fingers. (22 Jan 1998) |
| macrocystis | <botany> An immensely long blackish seaweed of the Pacific (Macrocystis pyrifera), having numerous almond-shaped air vessels. Origin: NL. See Macro-, and Cyst. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |