Category: M

(Of embryo) with an enlarged hypocotyl forming the larger part of the whole embryo.  

Leaf size class proposed by Raunkiaer (1934): between 18,226 and 164,025 mm2.  

Metre; Mile (in which case mi. would be preferable).  

The wormlike larva of a fly, which occasionally infests human tissues. Formerly maggots were, in some cases, allowed to feed on dead and rotting tissues and so assist in the cleaning and healing of serious wounds. Larva of an insect, especially the soft bodied footless larva of flies (order Diptera). Many are parasitic, giving rise…

A special place where Kidney Yang or True Fire is stored. The term Mingmen fire is usually used when Kidney Yang or True Fire are emphasized.  

A pathway for the flow of Qi in the human body. The network of meridians in the human body is analogous to the cardiovascular system; larger vessels branch out into increasingly smaller and smaller vessels. There are 12 major meridians that correspond to the 12 Zang Fu, and there are eight “extraordinary” meridians that do…

One symptom of Yangming Fu syndrome. Man means abdominal bloating.  

The process by which a gamete, or sex cell, divides; the resulting cells have half the number of chromosomes. A special method of cell division, occurring in maturation of the germ cells, by means of which each daughter nucleus receives half the number of chromosomes characteristic of the somatic cells of the species. Discovered by…

A developing skeletal muscle fibre with a tubular appearance. The developing stage of skeletal muscle. The central nucleus occupies most of the cell.