Mesmerize
(Mes"mer*ize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mesmerized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mesmerizing ] To bring
into a state of mesmeric sleep.
Mesmerizer
(Mes"mer*i`zer) n. One who mesmerizes.
Mesne
(Mesne) a. [Cf. Mean intermediate.] (Law) Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord
who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to
the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord.
Mesne process,
intermediate process; process intervening between the beginning and end of a suit,
sometimes understood to be the whole process preceding the execution. Blackstone. Burrill. — Mesne
profits, profits of premises during the time the owner has been wrongfully kept out of the possession of
his estate. Burrill.
Meso-
(Mes"o- Mes-) . [Gr. me`sos in the middle.] A combining form denoting in the middle, intermediate;
specif. (Chem.), denoting a type of hydrocarbons which are regarded as methenyl derivatives. Also
used adjectively.
Mesoarium
(||Mes`o*a"ri*um) n. [NL., from Gr. me`sos middle + 'w,a`rion, dim. of 'w,o`n an egg.]
(Anat.) The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the dorsal wall of the body cavity.
Mesoblast
(Mes"o*blast) n. [Meso- + -blast.] (Biol.) (a) The mesoderm. (b) The cell nucleus; mesoplast.
Mesoblastic
(Mes`o*blas"tic) a. (Biol.) Relating to the mesoblast; as, the mesoblastic layer.
Mesobranchial
(Mes`o*bran"chi*al) a. [Meso- + branchial.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a region of the
carapace of a crab covering the middle branchial region.
Mesobronchium
(||Mes`o*bron"chi*um) n.; pl. Mesobronchia [NL. See Meso-, and Bronchia.] (Anat.)
The main bronchus of each lung.
Mesocæcum
(||Mes`o*cæ"cum) n. (Anat.) [NL. See Meso-, and Cæcum.] The fold of peritoneum attached
to the cæcum. — Mes`o*cæ"cal a.
Mesocarp
(Mes"o*carp) n. [Meso- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) The middle layer of a pericarp which
consists of three distinct or dissimilar layers. Gray.
Mesocephalic
(Mes`o*ce*phal"ic) a. [Meso- + cephalic.] (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to, or in the
region of, the middle of the head; as, the mesocephalic flexure. (b) Having the cranial cavity of medium
capacity; neither megacephalic nor microcephalic. (c) Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of
the cranium a medium one; mesaticephalic.
Mesocephalon
(||Mes`o*ceph"a*lon) n. [NL. See Meso-, and Cephalon.] (Anat.) The pons Varolii.
Mesocephalous
(Mes`o*ceph"a*lous) a. (Anat.) Mesocephalic.
Mesocœle
(Mes`o*cœ"le ||Mes`o*cœ"li*a) n. [NL. mesocoelia. See Meso-, and Cœlia.] (Anat.) The cavity of
the mesencephalon; the iter.
Mesocolon
(Mes`o*co"lon) n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`sos middle + the colon : cf. F. mésocôlon.] (Anat.) The
fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the colon. — Mes`o*col"ic a.
Mesocoracoid
(Mes`o*cor"a*coid) n. [Meso- + coracoid.] (Anat.) A process from the middle of the
coracoid in some animals.