Words in english starting with M

• mycophagist — Noun – English ～ a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms)
• mycophagy — Noun – English ～ the practice of eating fungi (especially mushrooms collected in the wild)
• mycoplasma — Noun – English ～ any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection
• Mycoplasmataceae — Noun – English ～ pleomorphic Gram-negative nonmotile microorganism similar to both viruses and bacteria; parasitic in mammals
• Mycoplasmatales — Noun – English ～ coextensive with the family Mycoplasmataceae
• mycosis — Noun – English ～ an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus
• Mycostatin — Noun – English ～ an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes
• mycotoxin — Noun – English ～ a toxin produced by a fungus
• Mycrosporidia — Noun – English ～ an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia
• Mycteria — Noun – English ～ a genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis
• Mycteria americana — Noun – English ～ an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics
• Mycteroperca — Noun – English ～ groupers
• Mycteroperca bonaci — Noun – English ～ large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales
• Myctophidae — Noun – English ～ deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes
• mydriasis — Noun – English ～ reflex pupillary dilation as a muscle pulls the iris outward; occurs in response to a decrease in light or certain drugs
• mydriatic — Noun – English ～ a drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate; used to aid eye examinations
• mydriatic drug — Noun – English ～ a drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate; used to aid eye examinations
• myelatelia — Noun – English ～ any developmental defect of the spinal cord
• myelencephalon — Noun – English ～ the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults
• myelic — Adjective – English ～ of or relating to the spinal cord

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