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An albuminous body present in dead muscle, being formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis; the clot formed in the coagulation of muscle plasma. See Muscle plasma, under Plasma.

Long-continued contraction of the pupil of the eye.

Myotic.

Inflammation of the muscles.

A genus of plants. See Mouse-ear.

Producing myosis, or contraction of the pupil of the eye, as opium, calabar bean, etc. -- n.

ne of the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma.

Of or pertaining to a myotome or myotomes.

The dissection, or that part of anatomy which treats of the dissection, of muscles.

A large genus of tropical American trees and shrubs, nearly related to the true myrtles (Myrtus), from which they differ in having very few seeds in each berry.

A prefix, esp. in the metric system, indicating ten thousand, ten thousand times; as, myriameter.

Having numerous spines, as certain fishes.

Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars.

A metric weight, consisting of ten thousand grams or ten kilograms. It is equal to 22.046 lbs. avoirdupois.

A metric measure of capacity, containing ten thousand liters. It is equal to 2641.7 wine gallons.

A metric measure of length, containing ten thousand meters. It is equal to 6.2137 miles.

One of the Myriapoda.

A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennæ, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous trachaæ, similar to those of true insects. The larvæ,…

A captain or commander of ten thousand men.

A measure of surface in the metric system containing ten thousand ares, or one million square meters. It is equal to about 247.1 acres.