myxo-
(ˈmɪksəʊ)
also before a vowel myx-, combining form of Gr. µύξα slime, mucus, occurring in a number of scientific terms. ‖ myxœˈdema, a disease characterized by the conversion of the connective tissue into a gelatinous substance and destruction of the thyroid gland; hence myxœˈdematous, -œˈdemic adjs. ‖ myxofiˈbroma: see quot.; hence myxofiˈbromatous a. ‖ myxogastres (-ˈgæstriːz) [Gr. γαστήρ belly], an earlier name of the Myxomycetes; hence myxoˈgastrous a. ‖ myxogliˈoma: see quot. myxomyˈcetal, -myˈcetan adjs., pertaining to or characteristic of the Myxomycetes. ˈmyxomyˌcete, one of the Myxomycetes. ‖ ˌmyxomyˈcetes n. pl., the slime-moulds or slime-fungi, a group of organisms usually referred to the Mycetozoa; hence myxomyˈcetous a. ˈmyxopod [Gr. ποδ-, πούς foot], a protozoan possessing pseudopodia; also as adj. = myˈxopodous (Cent. Dict. 1890). ‖ myxosarˈcoma, a tumour composed of myxomatous and sarcomatous tissue; hence myxosarˈcomatous a. ˈmyxospore, myˈxosporous a. (see quot.).
| 1877 Ord in Med.-Chirurg. Trans. (1878) LXI. 71, I propose to give the name of *Myxoedema to the affection. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 319 The effects of myxœdema..can be removed by the administration of thyroid extract. |
| 1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 Mar. 632/2 The *myxœdematous and other undoubtedly metaplastic processes. |
| 1898 J. Hutchinson Archives of Surg. IX. 351 Her own description of her *myxœdemic symptoms is that she became yellow or creamy looking with habitually bluish lips. |
| 1856 Mayne Expos. Lex, *Myxofibroma, a non-malignant tumour consisting of delicate myxomatous connective tissue, intermixed with which are coarser bundles of fibrous tissue. |
| 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 713 A large *myxo-fibromatous polypus. |
| 1838 M. J. Berkeley in Ann. Nat. Hist. I. 97 The group *Myxogastres, as Fries remarks, differ in their singular vegetation from all other Fungi. |
| 1866 Treas. Bot. II. 774/2 *Myxogastrous Fungi. |
| 1878 tr. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Pract. Med. XIII. 750 *Myxoglioma..is to be regarded as a variety of glioma. It is a bright red, translucent, viscid tumor. |
| 1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 July 223 *Myxomycetal spores. |
| 1880 W. Saville-Kent Infusoria I. App. 470 The developmental phenomena of several *Myxomycetan types. |
| 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. 5 Another *Myxomycete, æthalium septicum. |
| Ibid. 44 Zoospores of *Myxomycetes. |
| 1882 Ogilvie, *Myxomycetous, pertaining to the Myxomycetæ. |
| 1875 Huxley in Encycl. Brit. II. 50/1 In one state, each of these Monera is a *myxopod, that is, is provided with longer or shorter pseudopodia as locomotive organs. 1877 ― Anat. Inv. Anim. ii. 81 After swimming about for a while, these mastigopods draw in their flagella, and become creeping myxopods. |
| 1872 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. 747 They [sc. the round-celled kinds of sarcoma] are common in *myxo- or glio- or lympho-sarcoma. |
| 1897 Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. IX. 156 Congenital sarcomata of the skin..are mostly spindle-shaped, or *myxosarcomatous. |
| 1854 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 8) V. 147/1 The organs of reproduction of Fungi are spores... When spores are produced..in the midst of a gelatinous mass, without any evident organization, they are called *Myxospores.., the plants being *myxosporous. |