| metacromion | <anatomy> A process projecting backward and downward from the acromion of the scapula of some mammals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| metacryptozoite | The exoerythrocytic stage that develops from merozoites formed by the first, or cryptozoite, generation; the cryptozoite and metacryptozoite generations comprise the primary exoerythrocytic stages of malaria development (prepatent period) prior to infection of red blood cells. Origin: meta-+ G. Kryptos, hidden, + zoon, animal (05 Mar 2000) |
| metacyesis | Synonym: ectopic pregnancy. Origin: meta-+ G. Kyesis, pregnancy (05 Mar 2000) |
| metadiscoidal | <anatomy> Discoidal by derivation; applied especially to the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been derived from a diffused placenta. Origin: Meta- + discoidal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| metadysentery | Old term for bacillary dysentery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metafacial angle | The angle between the pterygoid processes and the base of the skull. Synonym: Serres' angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metafemale | <genetics> Human female in which there are four X chromosomes in addition to 44 autosomes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| metagastric | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the two posterior gastric lobes of the carapace of crabs. Origin: Pref. Meta- + gastric. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| metagenesis | 1. <biology> The change of form which one animal species undergoes in a series of successively produced individuals, extending from the one developed from the ovum to the final perfected individual. Hence, metagenesis involves the production of sexual individuals by nonsexual means, either directly or through intervening sexless generations. Opposed to monogenesis. See Alternate generation, under Generation. 2. <biology> Alternation of sexual and asexual or gemmiparous generations; in distinction from heterogamy. Origin: Pref. Meta- + genesis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| metagenetic | <biology> Of or pertaining to metagenesis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| metagenic | <biology> Metagenetic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| metagnathous | <ornithology> Cross-billed; said of certain birds, as the crossbill. Origin: Pref. Meta- + Gr. The jaw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| metagon | <molecular biology> RNA particle found in Paramecium, where it behaves as mRNA and that can behave like a virus if ingested by the protozoan Didinium. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Metagonimus | A genus of flukes (superfamily Heterophypoidea) that encyst on fish and infect various fish-eating animals, including humans. Metagonimus yokogawai, an intestinal fluke widely distributed in the Far East and the Balkans and one of the smallest (1-2.5 mm) flukes infecting humans, is passed from Semisulcospira snails to cyprinoid fish and then to man and other fish-eating mammals and birds. Origin: meta-+ G. Gonimos, productive (05 Mar 2000) |
| metagraphic | By or pertaining to metagraphy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |