| melilotic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sweet clover or meliot; specifically, designating an acid of the aromatic series, obtained from melilot as a white crystalline substance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| melioidosis | A disease of humans and animals that resembles glanders. It is caused by burkholderia pseudomallei and may range from a dormant infection to a condition that causes multiple abscesses, pneumonia, and bacteraemia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| meliphagan | <zoology> Belonging to the genus Meliphaga. Origin: Gr. Meli honey + to eat. <zoology> Any bird of the genus Meliphaga and allied genera; a honey eater. Synonym: meliphagidan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| meliphagous | <zoology> Eating, or feeding upon, honey. See: Meliphagan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| melissa | <botany> A genus of labiate herbs, including the balm, or bee balm (Melissa officinalis). Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Melissa a bee, honey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| melissic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax; specif, denoting an acid obtained by oxidation of myricin. Origin: Gr. Melissa a bee, honey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| melissic acid | Found in waxes. Origin: G. Melissa, bee + -ic (05 Mar 2000) |
| melissophobia | Synonym: apiphobia. Origin: G. Melissa, bee, + phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
| melissyl | <chemistry> See Myricyl. Origin: Melissic +yl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| melissylene | <chemistry> See Melene. Origin: Melissic + -yl + -ene. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| melitis | Inflammation of the cheek. Origin: G. Melon, cheek, + -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| melitose | <chemistry> A variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, extracted from cotton seeds and from the so-called Australian manna (a secretion of certain species of Eucalyptus). Origin: Gr. Meli honey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| melitracen hydrochloride | 9,10-Dihydro-10,10-dimethyl-9-(3-dimethylaminopropylidene) anthracene hydrochloride;an antidepressant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| melitriose | <biochemistry, plant biology> A nonreducing trisaccharide found in sugar beet and many seeds, consisting of the disaccharide sucrose bearing a D galactosyl residue linked _(1-6) to its glucose group. (18 Nov 1997) |
| melitten | <chemical> Basic polypeptide from the venom of the honey bee (apis mellifera); it contains 62 amino acids, has cytolytic properties, causes contracture of muscle, releases histamine and disrupts surface tension, probably due to lysis of cell and mitochondrial membranes. Synonym: melittin; melliten. Chemical name: Melittin (honeybee) (12 Dec 1998) |