Myxoma
(||Myx*o"ma) n.; pl. Myxomata [NL., fr. Gr. mucus + - oma.] (Med.) A tumor made up of a gelatinous tissue resembling that found in the umbilical cord.

Myxopod
(Myx"o*pod) n. [Gr. mucus, slime + -pod.] (Zoöl.) A rhizopod or moneran. Also used adjectively; as, a myxopod state.

Myzontes
(||My*zon"tes) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. to suck.] (Zoöl.) The Marsipobranchiata.

Myzostomata
(||My`zo*stom"a*ta) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. my`zein to suck + sto`ma, -atos, mouth.] (Zoöl.) An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side.

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