Mic rones i an (mikrone sian)

and n. [ chiefly of coral formation, in the Pacific ocean, the principal of which are the Marshall, Gilbert, Caroline, and Ladrone groups. II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Micro IMG:content-0595.jpg:[blocks in formation] micronucleus (mi-krō-nū klē-us), n.; pl. micronuclei (-1). [NL., The micronucleus is a hermaphrodite sexual element, of sole importance in conjugation. Amer . Nat . , XXII. 255. micronymy (mi-kron'i-mi), n. [ μικρώνυμος , μικρός , small, + ὄνυμα , όνομα , name.] The use of short easy words instead of long hard ones. Astronomers have set an example in micronymy that anatomists might well follow. Buck's Handbook of Med. Sciences, VIII. 529. micro-organic (mi" krō - ôr-gan'ik), a. [ organic , after micro-organism.] Having the character of a micro-organism; of or pertaining to microbes and other micro-organisms; microbial. micro-organism (mi-krō-ôr'gan-izm), n. [ The microorganisms of the principal infectious diseases of men and the lower animals. IMG:content-0596.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0597.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0598.png:[blocks in formation]