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English words: myocastorid to myotilin

300 English words, part 157 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 15 have a page of their own.

English words myocastorid to myotilin

  1. myocastorid noun: Any rodent in the family Myocastoridae; a nutria or coypu.
  2. myocele noun: A muscular hernia
  3. myocellular adjective: Relating to muscle cells
  4. myocentric adjective: Considered from the point-of-view of muscle tissue, typically that of the jaw
  5. myocerebral adjective: Relating to, or affecting the muscles and the brain
  6. myocerebrohepatopathy noun: myocerebral hepatopathy
  7. myochamid noun: Any clam in the family Myochamidae.
  8. myochrome noun: myoglobin
  9. myocilin noun: Any of a class of proteins, normally secreted into the aqueous humor of the eye, that sometimes accumulate to cause glaucoma.
  10. myoclonal adjective: Relating to myoclonus
  11. myoclonia noun: Any medical condition characterized by myoclonus.
  12. myoclonic adjective: Of or pertaining to myoclonus; consisting of or characterized by sudden jerking motions.
  13. myoclonus noun /ˌmaɪoʊˈkloʊnəs/: The brief, involuntary twitching of a muscle or group of muscles.
  14. myocomma noun: A myotome
  15. myocommatal adjective: Relating to myocommas
  16. myoconjunctival adjective: That connects to a muscle
  17. myocontractile adjective: Relating to, or causing muscle contraction
  18. myocontrol noun: control of the muscles
  19. myocontrolled adjective: controlled by a muscle
  20. myocoptid noun: Any mite of the family Myocoptidae
  21. myoctonine noun: A highly poisonous alkaloid from the plant Aconitum lycoctonum, resembling curare in its action.
  22. myocutaneous adjective: Relating to or composed of muscle and skin.
  23. myocytal adjective: myocytic
  24. myocyte noun: A single muscle fiber cell.
  25. myocytic adjective: Relating to myocytes.
  26. myocytokine noun: Alternative form of myokine.
  27. myocytolysis noun: A degenerative change (often reversible) that occurs to myocytes upon myocardial strain.
  28. myocytopathic adjective: cytopathic to myocytes
  29. myocytoskeletal adjective: Relating to the cytoskeleton of muscle tissue
  30. myocytotoxic adjective: Cytotoxic to muscle tissue.
  31. myodegeneration noun: muscle degeneration
  32. myodegenerative adjective: Relating to, or causing myodegeneration
  33. myodesis noun: The securing of a muscle or tendon to the bone via sutures passed through small holes drilled in the bone.
  34. myodesopsia noun: The perception of floaters in the vitreous humour.
  35. myodifferentiation noun: The differentiation of muscle tissue
  36. myodocopan noun: Synonym of myodocopid.
  37. myodocopid noun: Any ostracod of the order Myodocopida
  38. myodome noun: A cavity in the skull of teleosts containing the recti of the eye
  39. myodont noun: Any rodent of the infraorder Myodonta.
  40. myodural adjective: Relating to muscle and the dura mater
  41. myodynamia noun: Muscular strength.
  42. myodynamics noun: The part of physiology related the principles of muscular contraction and forces.
  43. myodynamometer noun: An instrument for measuring muscular strength.
  44. myodystonia noun: Any general disorder of muscular tone
  45. myodystony noun: The relaxation of a muscle following electrical stimulation
  46. myodystrophic adjective: Relating to myodystrophy
  47. myodystrophy noun: muscular dystrophy
  48. myoelastic adjective: Relating to the movement of the muscles that position the vocal folds and are thus involved in phonation.
  49. myoelastofibrosis noun: elastofibrosis of muscle tissue
  50. myoelectric adjective: Using, or pertaining to, myoelectricity
  51. myoelectrical adjective: Relating to myoelectricity.
  52. myoelectrically adverb: By means of myoelectricity.
  53. myoelectricity noun: The electrical activity of skeletal muscles
  54. myoencephalopathy noun: Synonym of MERRF syndrome.
  55. myoendocardial adjective: Relating to the myocardium and the endocardium.
  56. myoendocarditis noun: Inflammation of both the myocardium and the endocardium.
  57. myoendocrine adjective: Describing endocrine cells that contain contractile fibres.
  58. myoendometrial adjective: Relating to the myoendometrium
  59. myoendothelial adjective: Of or pertaining to the myoendothelium
  60. myoendothelium noun: The endothelial cells of the myocardium
  61. myoenteric adjective: Alternative form of myenteric.
  62. myoenteropexy noun: Fixation of the muscular layer of the intestine to surrounding tissues.
  63. myoepicardial adjective: Relating to the muscular tissue of the epicardium
  64. myoepithelial adjective: Of or pertaining to the myoepithelium
  65. myoepithelioma noun: A benign tumour composed of myoepithelial cells
  66. myoepitheliomatous adjective: Relating to a myoepithelioma.
  67. myoepithelium noun: A group of cells usually found in glandular epithelium as a thin layer above the basement membrane but generally beneath the luminal cells
  68. myofascia noun: The stiff covering of muscles and bones
  69. myofascial adjective: Of or relating to the layer of loose tissue (fascia) surrounding the muscle tissues.
  70. myofascial decompression noun: Synonym of cupping (the East Asian practise of forming a vacuum underneath a cup that will break the surface capillaries of the skin under the cup, to treat...
  71. myofascial release noun: A soft tissue therapy that attempts to treat skeletal muscle immobility and pain by stretching the fascia.
  72. myofasciitis noun: A disease of muscle characterised by infiltration of macrophages
  73. myoferlin noun: A protein that is linked with skeletal muscle repair.
  74. myofiber noun: Synonym of muscle fiber.
  75. myofibre noun: Alternative spelling of myofiber.
  76. myofibril noun: Any of the cylindrical organelles, found within muscle cells, that are the contractile unit of muscles.
  77. myofibrillar adjective: Of or pertaining to myofibrils.
  78. myofibrillary adjective: Relating to the myofibrils; myofibrillar.
  79. myofibrillogenesis noun: The generation of myofibrils.
  80. myofibrilogenesis noun: Alternative form of myofibrillogenesis.
  81. myofibroblast noun: A cell that is intermediate between a fibroblast and smooth muscle
  82. myofibroblastic adjective: Relating to myofibroblasts
  83. myofibroblastoid adjective: Relating to myofibroblasts or to myofibroblastomas
  84. myofibroblastoma noun: A fibroblastoma associated with muscle tissue
  85. myofibrocyte noun: A type of fibrocyte found in muscle tissue
  86. myofibrogenesis noun: myofibrous fibrogenesis
  87. myofibrogenic adjective: Relating to the generation of myofiber
  88. myofibroma noun: A fibroma in muscle tissue
  89. myofibromatosis noun: fibromatosis that affects muscle tissue
  90. myofibrosarcoma noun: A malignant tumour of myofibroblasts.
  91. myofibrosis noun: fibrosis of muscle tissue
  92. myofibrotic adjective: Relating to myofibrosis
  93. myofibrous adjective: Relating to myofiber.
  94. myofilament noun /maɪ.oʊˈfɪləmənt/: A filament within a myofibril, constructed from proteins
  95. myofilamentary adjective: Relating to or composed of myofilaments.
  96. myofilamentous adjective: Relating to or composed of myofilaments.
  97. myofunction noun: The function of a particular muscle
  98. myofunctional adjective: Relating to muscle function.
  99. myofusion noun: The fusion of myoblasts
  100. MYOG phrase: Initialism of make your own gear.
  101. myoga noun: A Japanese type of ginger, Zingiber mioga, of which only the shoots and flower buds are used in cooking.
  102. myogelosis noun: A palpable area of hardening, stiffness or swelling in a muscle, usually painful on pressure, now considered to be correlated with a myofascial trigger point.
  103. myogelotic adjective: Of or pertaining to a myogelosis.
  104. myogenesis noun: The formation of muscle tissue during the development of an embryo
  105. myogenetic adjective: Originating in muscle.
  106. myogenic adjective /mʌɪəˈdʒɛnɪk/: Forming muscle fibres; pertaining to myogenesis.
  107. myogenically adverb: In a myogenic manner.
  108. myogenicity noun: The condition of being myogenic
  109. myogenin noun: A protein (and associated gene) responsible for the development of skeletal muscle
  110. myogenous adjective: Originating in muscle.
  111. myoglia noun: A network of muscle fibres
  112. myoglianin noun: A protein expressed in the muscles and glia of some flies
  113. myoglobin noun: A small globular protein, containing a heme group, that carries oxygen to muscles.
  114. myoglobinemia noun /ˌmaɪoʊɡloʊbɪˈnimiə/: Presence of myoglobin in the blood or (usually, more specifically) excessive myoglobin in the blood, as occurs in rhabdomyolysis or various other conditions.
  115. myoglobinemic adjective: Having or relating to myoglobinemia.
  116. myoglobinuria noun: The presence of more than trace amounts of myoglobin in the urine, usually associated with rhabdomyolysis or muscle destruction.
  117. myoglobinuric adjective: Relating to myoglobinuria.
  118. myoglobulin noun: The globulin of muscle tissue
  119. myoglobulinuria noun: The presence of myoglobulin in the urine
  120. myoglossatan adjective: Of or pertaining to the clade Myoglossata, including butterflies and moths.
  121. myogram noun: A graphical depiction of a contracting muscle, made using a myograph.
  122. myograph noun: An instrument for determining and recording the intensity, velocity, etc., of a muscular contraction.
  123. myographer noun: One who studies myography.
  124. myographic adjective: Pertaining to myography.
  125. myographical adjective: Of or relating to myography.
  126. myography noun: The scientific study of muscles, typically via myographs.
  127. myohaematin noun: cytochrome.
  128. myohemerythrin noun: The oxygen-carrying protein found in the muscles of some marine invertebrates
  129. myohemoglobin noun: A form of hemoglobin associated with muscle tissue
  130. myoid adjective, noun /ˈmaɪ.ɔɪd/: Composed of or resembling muscle.
  131. myoidal adjective: Synonym of myoid.
  132. myoimaging noun: The imaging of myopathies
  133. myoinductive adjective: That induces growth of muscle tissue
  134. myoinhibiting adjective: Synonym of myoinhibitory.
  135. myoinhibitory adjective: That inhibits the action of muscles
  136. myoinositol noun: The most commonly-occurring isomer of inositol.
  137. myointimal adjective: Relating to smooth muscle cells of the intima of a blood vessel
  138. myoinvasive adjective: invasive to muscle tissue
  139. Myojin parakaryote noun: A unicellular organism of the species Parakaryon myojinensis, unusual due to it having characteristics of both eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
  140. myokinase noun: adenylate kinase, a phosphotransferase enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of adenine nucleotides and plays an important role in cellular energy...
  141. myokine noun /ˈmaɪəʊkaɪn/: A form of cytokine produced in muscle cells.
  142. myokinesis noun: muscular activity or massage
  143. myokinetic adjective: Relating to myokinesis
  144. myokinome noun: All the myokines present in an organism
  145. myokymia noun: An involuntary spontaneous quivering of part of a muscle, insufficient to move a joint.
  146. myokymic adjective: Relating to myokymia.
  147. myolemma noun: sarcolemma
  148. myolipoma noun: Alternative form of myelolipoma.
  149. myologic adjective: Of or pertaining to the study of muscles or muscle tissue.
  150. myological adjective: Alternative form of myologic.
  151. myologically adverb: In terms of myology.
  152. myologist noun: A person who works in myology.
  153. myology noun /mʌɪˈɒlədʒi/: The physiological study of muscles.
  154. myolysis noun: dissolution of muscular tissue
  155. myoma noun /maɪˈəʊmə/: A tumor composed of muscle tissue, usually benign and commonly occurring in the uterus and the esophagus.
  156. myomancy noun: Divination by interpreting rats or mice. Their cries were believed to indicate the presence of evil.
  157. myomatous adjective: Of or pertaining to a myoma.
  158. myomectomy noun: The removal of the uterine myomas.
  159. myomegalin noun: A protein that is associated with cardiomyopathy
  160. myomere noun: A block of zig-zagging W- or V-shaped muscle fibers commonly found in fish and other chordate fossils.
  161. myomesin noun: A protein found in the M-band of muscle sarcomeres in association with M-protein.
  162. myometer noun: An instrument used to measure muscle contraction
  163. myometrial adjective: Of or pertaining to the myometrium
  164. myometric adjective: By means of a myometer
  165. myometrical adjective: myometric
  166. myometritis noun /ˌmaɪoʊˌmiˈtɹaɪtɪs/: Inflammation of the myometrium.
  167. myometrium noun /ˌmaɪəʊˈmiːtɹiəm/: The smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus.
  168. myometry noun: The measurement of muscular contraction
  169. myomodulator noun: A muscular biomodulator
  170. myomodulin noun: A neuropeptide myomodulator
  171. myomorph noun: Any of the suborder Myomorpha of mouse-like rodents.
  172. myon noun: Alternative form of myeon.
  173. myonecrose verb: To become myonecrotic
  174. myonecrosis noun: necrosis of muscle tissue
  175. myonecrotic adjective: Relating to myonecrosis.
  176. myonectin noun: A particular myokine released by the contraction of muscle
  177. myoneme noun /ˈmaɪəniːm/: A contractile structure found in some eukaryotic single-celled organisms, particularly Vorticella, consisting of a series of protein filaments that shorten...
  178. myoneural adjective: neuromuscular; relating to the muscles and nerves
  179. myoneurin noun: Any of a family of zinc finger proteins whose members have been implicated in regulatory functions of gene expression
  180. myonicity noun: The contractile property of muscular tissue.
  181. myonuclear adjective: Relating to myonuclei
  182. myonucleus noun: the nucleus of a muscle cell
  183. myonymy noun /maɪˈɒnɪmi/: Nomenclature of the muscles.
  184. myopalladin noun: A particular sarcomeric protein
  185. myopathic adjective: Pertaining to myopathy
  186. myopathogenesis noun: The development of myopathy.
  187. myopathologic adjective: Relating to myopathies
  188. myopathological adjective: Relating to myopathology
  189. myopathology noun: disease of muscle tissue
  190. myopathy noun: Any of several diseases of muscle that are not caused by nerve disorders
  191. myope noun: One who has myopia.
  192. myopectineal adjective: Relating to a muscle connected to the pecten
  193. myopericardial adjective: Relating to the myocardium and the pericardium
  194. myopericarditis noun: A combination of myocarditis and pericarditis.
  195. myopericyte noun: A type of spindle-shaped cell residing within muscle tissue.
  196. myopericytic adjective: Relating to myopericytes.
  197. myopericytoma noun: A tumor characterized by the abnormal growth of myopericytes.
  198. myoperiosteal adjective: Relating to muscle and periosteum
  199. myopexia noun: Alternative form of myopexy.
  200. myopexy noun: fixation of muscles of the eye in order to correct myopia
  201. myophage noun: A contractile bacteriophage
  202. myophagocytosis noun: phagocytosis of muscle tissue
  203. myophan noun: myoneme
  204. myophily noun: pollination by flies
  205. myophore noun: The point of attachment of a muscle to the shell of a mollusc
  206. myophoric adjective: Of or relating to myophores.
  207. myophosphorylase noun: The muscle isoform of the enzyme glycogen phosphorylase.
  208. myophysical adjective: Relating to myophysics.
  209. myophysics noun: The study of muscle physics.
  210. myopia noun /maɪˈəʊ.pɪ.ə/: A disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.
  211. myopiagenic adjective: That causes myopia.
  212. myopic adjective, noun /maɪˈɒpɪk/: Near-sighted; unable to see distant objects unaided.
  213. myopically adverb: As if suffering from myopia.
  214. myopigenesis noun: The development of myopia.
  215. myopigenic adjective: Alternative form of myopiagenic.
  216. myopist noun: A person who is myopic.
  217. myopization noun: The development of myopia.
  218. myoplasm noun: The contractile part of a muscle cell
  219. myoplasmic adjective: Relating to myoplasm
  220. myoplastic adjective: Relating to myoplasty.
  221. myoplasty noun: Repair of damaged muscle
  222. myopodial adjective: Relating to myopodia
  223. myopodin noun: A protein present in cardiac smooth muscle
  224. myopodium noun: A form of filopodium produced by muscle tissue
  225. myoporaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Myoporaceae.
  226. myopotential noun: electrical potential generated by a muscle
  227. myoprecursor noun: Any tissue that develops into muscle
  228. myoprocessor noun: A system that uses computer-generated models to simulate human muscles in real time.
  229. myoprogenitor adjective: Describing cells that develop into muscle cells
  230. myoprotection noun: The protection of muscle tissue from damage.
  231. myoprotective adjective: That protects muscle tissue from damage
  232. myoprotein noun: Any protein that occurs in muscle tissue.
  233. myops noun: A myope; a person who has myopia.
  234. myopsid noun: Any squid of the order Myopsida or suborder Myopsina.
  235. myopsis noun: The appearance of muscae volitantes.
  236. myopsocid noun: Any barklouse in the family Myopsocidae.
  237. myoregeneration noun: The regeneration of muscle tissue
  238. myoregulation noun: The regulation of muscle activity
  239. myoregulatory adjective: Relating to myoregulation
  240. myoregulin noun: A micropeptide that regulates muscle performance
  241. myorelaxant noun: A muscle relaxant.
  242. myorelaxation noun: The relaxation of the muscles.
  243. myorelaxing adjective: That relaxes the muscles.
  244. myorenal syndrome noun: Synonym of crush syndrome.
  245. myoresolution noun: The relaxation or paralysis of a muscle, typically induced by medication during general anesthesia for a procedure.
  246. myorhabdoid adjective: Describing rodlike muscle tissue
  247. myorhythmia noun: rhythmic movement of muscle tissue
  248. myorhythmic adjective: Relating to myorhythmia.
  249. myorod noun: A protein in the smooth muscle of some mollusc; a filament containing this protein (together with myosin)
  250. myorrhaphy noun: Suture of a muscle.
  251. myorrhexis noun: The laceration or tearing of a muscle.
  252. myosalpingitis noun: inflammation of the myosalpinx
  253. myosarcoma noun: A malignant muscle tumor.
  254. myosatellite noun: A kind of small mononuclear multipotent cell with virtually no cytoplasm, found in mature muscle. It is a precursor to skeletal muscle cells.
  255. myosclerosis noun: sclerosis of muscle tissue, especially myositis coupled with hyperplasia of the interstitial connective tissue
  256. myoscope noun: An instrument for studying the muscles.
  257. myosegmental adjective: Relating to myosegmentation
  258. myosegmentation noun: The segmentation of muscle fibres
  259. myoseki noun: Any of the 105 names available to sumo oyakata.
  260. myoseptal adjective: Relating to myosepta
  261. myoseptum noun: myotome
  262. myoseverin noun: a purine derivative that binds microtubules and is an inhibitor of angiogenesis
  263. myosignal noun: An electrical signal that controls a muscle.
  264. myosin noun /ˈmaɪ.oʊsɪn/: Any of a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues, allowing mobility in muscles.
  265. myosinic adjective: Relating to or composed of myosin.
  266. myosinogen noun: A globulin, one of the two principal proteins of muscle tissue, from which the myosin formed during rigor mortis is derived.
  267. myosis noun: Alternative spelling of miosis.
  268. myositic adjective: myotic; producing myosis
  269. myositis noun: Inflammation of the muscles.
  270. myoskeletal adjective: Relating to muscles and the skeleton
  271. myosmine noun: An alkaloid, related to nicotine, found in tobacco and other plants.
  272. myosonographic adjective: Relating to myosonography.
  273. myosonography noun: Ultrasonography of the muscles.
  274. myosote noun: Myosotis.
  275. myosotis noun /mʌɪəˈsəʊtɪs/: Any plant of the genus Myosotis, the forget-me-nots.
  276. myospasm noun: A sudden, involuntary spasmodic contraction of a muscle
  277. myospastic adjective: Of or related to myospasm.
  278. myosphere noun: A spherical conglomeration of muscle stem cells
  279. myospherulosis noun: A foreign body-type granulomatous reaction to lipid-containing material and blood.
  280. myostasis noun: The permanent shortening (reduction in length) of a muscle
  281. myostatic adjective: Relating to myostasis
  282. myostatin noun /ˈmaɪəʊˌstætɪn/: A protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.
  283. myosteatosis noun: The abnormal deposition of fat in muscle tissue
  284. myosteatotic adjective: Relating to myosteatosis
  285. myostimulation noun: electrical stimulation of muscles
  286. myostimulator noun: A device used in myostimulation
  287. myostimulatory adjective: That stimulates the muscles (especially by means of electricity)
  288. myostracal adjective: Relating to the myostracum.
  289. myostracum noun: Part of shell wall secreted at attachment of adductor muscles.
  290. myosuppressin noun: Any of a family of peptide agonists that inhibit the action of muscles (especially of arthropods)
  291. myotactin noun: A hypodermal protein involved in myocyte adhesion
  292. myotasis noun: A stretching of muscle.
  293. myotatic adjective: Of or pertaining to myotasis
  294. myotendinal adjective: Alternative form of myotendinous.
  295. myotendinous adjective: relating to, or connecting a muscle and a tendon
  296. myotherapist noun: A practitioner of myotherapy.
  297. myotherapy noun: A form of manual medicine focusing on the diagnosis, treatment and management of musculoskeletal pain.
  298. myotic adjective, noun: Alternative form of miotic.
  299. myotid noun: Any bat of the genus Myotis.
  300. myotilin noun: A muscle protein found within the Z-disc of sarcomeres.

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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under M: 47,683 words, in 159 parts.