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A hypothetical radical formerly supposed to exist in mesityl oxide. Mesityl oxide (Chem.), a volatile liquid having the odor of peppermint, obtained by certain dehydrating agents from acetone; -- formerly called also dumasin.

A salt of mesitylenic acid.

e benzene series of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with sulphuric acid. -- Me*sit`y*len"ic, a.

A crystalline substance obtained from mesitylene.

See Maslin.

A person subjected to mesmeric influence; one who is mesmerized. [R.]

Of, pertaining to, or induced by, mesmerism; as, mesmeric sleep.

The art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. See Animal magnetism, under Magnetism.

One who practices, or believes in, mesmerism.

The act of mesmerizing; the state of being mesmerized.

To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.

One who mesmerizes.

Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord. Mesne process, intermediate process; process intervening between t…

A combining form denoting in the middle, intermediate; specif. (Chem.), denoting a type of hydrocarbons which are regarded as methenyl derivatives. Also used adjectively.

The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the dorsal wall of the body cavity.

The mesoderm.

Relating to the mesoblast; as, the mesoblastic layer.

Of or pertaining to a region of the carapace of a crab covering the middle branchial region.

The main bronchus of each lung.

The fold of peritoneum attached to the cæcum. -- Mes`o*cæ"cal, a.