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Of or pertaining to the malleolus; in the region of the malleoli of the ankle joint.

Of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast; resembling a mammilla; mammilloid.

The principal mandibular bone; the mandible. Mandibular arch (Anat.), the most anterior visceral arch, -- that in which the mandible is developed.

Manipulatory; as, manipular operations.

The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla.

Pertaining to the maxilla and mandible; as, the maxillo- mandibular nerve.

the flesh is hard and austere, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay. Japan medlar (Bot.), the loquat. See Loquat. -- Neapolitan medlar (Bot.), a kind of thorn tree (Cratægus Azarolus); also, its fruit.

See Medullary.

Filled with spongy pith; pithy. Medullary groove (Anat.), a groove, in the epiblast of the vertebrate blastoderm, the edges of which unite, making a tube (the medullary canal) from which the brain and spinal cord are developed. -- Medullary rays (Bot.), the rays of cellular tissue seen in a transverse section of exoge…

Of or pertaining to the mesoscapula.

One who, or a work which, narrates wonderful things; one who writes of wonders. [Obs.] Bacon.

Shaped like a bushel measure.

Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure.

Having power to grind; grinding; as, the molar teeth; also, of or pertaining to the molar teeth. Bacon.

Same as 2d Molar.

Pertaining to, connected with, produced by, or consisting of, molecules; as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc. Molecular attraction (Phys.), attraction acting between the molecules of bodies, and at insensible distances. -- Molecular weight (Chem.), the weight of a molecule of any gas or vapor as compa…

The state of consisting of molecules; the state or quality of being molecular.

With molecules; in the manner of molecules. W. R. Grove.

Consisting of a single carpel, as the fruit of the pea, cherry, and almond.

Having only one eye; with one eye only; as, monocular vision.