| meromelia | Partial absence of a free limb (exclusive of girdle); e.g., hemimelia, phocomelia. Origin: mero-+ G. Melos, a limb (05 Mar 2000) |
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| meromicrosomia | Abnormal smallness of some portion of the body; local dwarfism. Origin: mero-+ G. Mikros, small, + soma, body (05 Mar 2000) |
| meromyosin | <protein> Fragments of myosin formed by trypsin digestion. Heavy meromyosin (HMM) has the hinge region and ATPase activity, light meromyosin (LMM) is mostly _ helical and is the portion normally laterally associated with other LMM to form the thick filament itself. (18 Nov 1997) |
| meront | A stage in the life cycle of sporozoans in which multiple asexual fission (schizogony) occurs, resulting in production of merozoites. See: schizont. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meropidan | <ornithology> One of a family of birds (Meropidae), including the bee-eaters. Origin: L. Merops a bee-eating bird, Gr. Merops. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| meropodite | <zoology> The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea. Origin: Gr. Thigh +, foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| merorachischisis | Merorrhachischisis Fissure of a portion of the spinal cord. Synonym: mesorrhachischisis, rachischisis partialis. Origin: mero-+ G. Rhachis, spine, + schisis, fissure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meros | <anatomy> The proximal segment of the hind limb; the thigh. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. The thigh. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| merosin | <protein> See laminin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| merosmia | A condition in which the perception of certain odours is wanting; analogous to colour blindness. Origin: mero-+ G. Osme, smell (05 Mar 2000) |
| merosome | <zoology> One of the serial segments, or metameres, of which the bodies of vertebrate and articulate animals are composed. Origin: Gr. Part + -some body. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| merosporangium | A cylindrical small sporangium containing few spores and found in certain Zygomycetes. Origin: G. Meros, part, + sporangium (05 Mar 2000) |
| merostomata | <zoology> A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See Limulus. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Thigh +, -, mouth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| merosystolic | Partially systolic; relating to a portion of the systole of the heart. Origin: mero-+ systole (05 Mar 2000) |
| merotomy | Partial cutting: used in reference to experiments in which protozoa are enucleated and the behaviour of the residual cytoplasm is studied. (18 Nov 1997) |