| micromicrogram | Former term for picogram. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| micromicron | Former term for picometer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| micromillimetre | The millionth part of a meter. Origin: Micro- + millimetre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| microminerals | A group of chemical elements that are needed in minute quantities for the proper growth, development, and physiology of an organism. (12 Dec 1998) |
| micromolar | Denoting a concentration of 10-6 mole per liter (10-6 m or 1 um). (05 Mar 2000) |
| micromole | One-millionth of a mole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| micromonospora | A genus of gram-positive bacteria that forms a branched mycelium. It commonly occurs as a saprophytic form in soil and aquatic environments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| micromonosporaceae | A family of gram-positive, saprophytic bacteria occurring in soil and aquatic environments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| micromotoscope | <instrument> A cinematoscope for representing the movements of amoebas and other motile microscopic objects. Origin: micro-+ L. Motus, motion, + G. Skopeo, to view (05 Mar 2000) |
| micromyelia | Abnormal smallness or shortness of the spinal cord. Origin: micro-+ G. Myelos, marrow (05 Mar 2000) |
| micromyeloblast | A small myeloblast, often the predominating cell in myeloblastic leukaemia. Synonym: microleukoblast. (05 Mar 2000) |
| micromyeloblastic leukaemia | A form of myelocytic leukaemia in which relatively large proportions of micromyeloblasts are found in the circulating blood and in bone marrow and other tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| micron | <physics> A measure of length; the thousandth part of one millimetre; the millionth part of a meter. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Small. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| microneedle | A small glass needle used in micrurgical manipulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| microneme | A small, osmiophilic, cordlike twisted organelle found in the anterior region of many sporozoans; one of the characteristics that helps to define the subphylum Apicomplexa. Synonym: sarconeme. Origin: micro-+ G. Nema, thread (05 Mar 2000) |