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Leprosy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants, chiefly natives of South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and f

Of or pertaining to the mesencephalon or midbrain.

The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to mesen. See Brain.

The part of the mesoblast which gives rise to the connective tissues and blood.

Pertaining to a mesentery; mesaraic.

All that part of the alimentary canal which is developed from the primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It is distinguished from the stomod, a part at the anterior end of the canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctod, a part at the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined w…

ct the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, the other mesenteries being called mesoc, mesocolon, mesorectum, etc.

Mesaraic.

Of or pertaining to the middle of the ethmoid region or ethmoid bone. -- n. (Anat.)

Of or pertaining to Messina, or its inhabitans.

Of or pertaining to Milan in Italy, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl.

To suit ill.

Ill desert. [Obs.] Spenser.

To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly. Swift.

Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives. Sydney Smith.

Tending to convey a wrong impression; misrepresenting.

One who misrepresents.

Of or pertaining to Modena or its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl.

The state or power of being multipresent. The multipresence of Christ's body. Bp. Hall.