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A high tableland; a plateau on a hill. [Southwestern U.S.] Bartlett.

A salt of mesaconic acid.

Pertaining to, or designating, one of several isomeric acids obtained from citric acid.

Same as Mesiad.

Same as Mesial.

A marriage with a person of inferior social position; a misalliance.

Same as Mesially.

One of a class of independent, isolated cells found in the mesoderm, while the germ layers are undergoing differentiation.

Mesenteric.

Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium a medium one; neither brachycephalic nor dolichocephalic.

Mesaticephalic.

A dark yellow, crystalline substance, obtained by the action of ammonia on isatin.

One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.

Omphalomesenteric.

Of or pertaining to Parma in Italy. Parmesan cheese, a kind of cheese of a rich flavor, though from skimmed milk, made in Parma, Italy.

Saving time; as, a timesaving expedient.

A narrow pass or defile; a break in a mesa; the mouth of a cañon. [Southwestern U. S.]

ose ancient empires of the earth. Milton. Gildas Albanius . . . much ancienter than his namesake surnamed the Wise. Fuller.

One bearing the same name; a namesake. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Pertaining to a mesentery; mesaraic.