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syntonin
syntonin Chem. (ˈsɪntənɪn) [f. Gr. σύντονος syntonous + -in.] An acid albuminous substance found in muscular tissue, or produced from myosin by the action of acids.1859 Carpenter Anim. Phys. i. 33 The substance of which muscles are composed has been commonly considered to be Fibrin, but it differs e...
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myosin
myosin Chem. (ˈmaɪəsɪn) Also -ine. [f. Gr. µῦ-ς muscle + -ose2 + -in1.] The chief ingredient of the clot formed on coagulation of muscle-plasma. vegetable myosin or myosin-globulin is found, with vitellin, in maize, oats, peas, etc.1869 E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 158 The nitrogenous aliment...
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musculin
musculin Chem. (ˈmʌskjuːlɪn) Also -ine. [f. L. mūscul-us muscle n. + -ine.] The basis of animal muscle; syntonin; also, see quot. 1891.1864 Webster, Musculine. 1866 A. Flint Physiol. Man I. 90 Musculine. This semi-solid organic principle is peculiar to the muscular tissue. Ibid. 91 Musculine, in com...
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meta-
meta-, prefix (ˈmɛtə) before a vowel normally met- (also before h, the resulting meth- being pronounced (mɛθ)), repr. Gr. µετα-, µετ- (µεθ-), which occurs separately as the prep. µετά with, after; etymologically corresponding to mid prep. In Gr. the prefix is joined chiefly to verbs and verbal deriv...
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hemi-
hemi-, prefix (ˈhɛmɪ-, ˈhiːmɪ-) [a. Gr. ἡµι-, combining element, from earlier *σᾱµι- = L. sēmi-, Skr. sāmi-, OTeut. *sâmi-, OE. sam-, all meaning ‘half-’. Several Gr. words containing this element were in use as technical terms in later L., e.g. hēmicyclium, hēmīna, hēmisphærium, hēmistichium. In th...
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pro-
▪ I. pro-, prefix1 The Latin adv. and prep. (see above), used in combination with verbs and their derivatives, and sometimes with other words not of verbal derivation. (Unlike the Gr. προ-, the L. was originally and usually prō-; but in some compounds it was occasionally and in others usually or alw...
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para-
▪ I. para-1 (pærə) before a vowel or h usually par-, repr. Gr. παρα-, παρ-, combining form of παρά prep., occurring in words already formed in Greek, their adaptations, and derivatives, and in modern words formed on the model of these, and, in certain uses, as a living element, in the formation of t...
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muscle
▪ I. muscle, n. (ˈmʌs(ə)l) Forms: 6–7 muscule, muskle, (6 muskel, -il, musckle, 7 muskell), mustle, 6– muscle. [a. F. muscle, or directly ad. L. mūsculus, dim. of mūs mouse, the form of certain muscles having some resemblance to that of a mouse. Cf. mouse n. 8. The word is found in all the Rom. lang...
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