movement (moov'ment). 1

The act or proce of moving or being moved; pa ing from one place to another. For various m's not here given see under the adjectives or the cognate nouns. 2. The evacuation of feces; also the feces evacuated, ameboid m. The m. of cells or of unicellular organisms (e.g., white blood corpuscles) resembling that of the ameba (i e., a change in form by the rapid projection or withdrawal from any part of the surface of proce es, or the change in position as well as in form by the flowing of all the protoplasm into one of the proce es), angular m. A m. by which the angle between two bones is increased or diminished, autonomic m. A spontaneous m.; a m. made, apparently, independently of external stimulation, brown i an m. A peculiar rapid whirling and oscillating m. of minute particles seen under the microscope (e. g., of the granular particles within the salivary corpuscles or of particles of vegetable or mineral origin suspended in a liquid); probably mechanical, but, according to some, entirely independent of appreciable external influences, ciliary m. The m. of the cilia of a ciliated cell or epithelium, circus m. A phenomenon observed in an animal after injury to one corpus striatum, optic thalamus, or crus cerebri, consisting in its moving about in a circle, febrile m. See fever, fetal m's. Muscular m's performed by the fetus in utero. forced m. An involuntary m. performed by an animal after injury to a portion of its brain. See circus m. and index m. index m. A peculiar rotatory m. executed by an animal after unilateral injury to the corpora quadrigemina, the anterior extremity of the body being rotated about the posterior extremity as an axis. manege m. See circus m. molecular m. See brown i an m. m. of restitution. A partial rotation of the fetal head, in cases of head presentation, whereby after its expulsion it resumes the attitude occupied by it before the turn that immediately preceded its expulsion, pendular m. The swinging movements of the intestine, observed when the intestines are exposed, due to rhythmic contractions of the circular layer of muscle, respiratory m's. All the m's causing or consequent upon the ventilation of the respiratory membrane, lungs, gills, etc. See inspiration, expiration, and respiration. sarcodic m. See ameboid m. vermicular m. See peristalsis, vibratile m. See ciliary m. [Lat., movere, to move.] mow'er's mite. Another name for Leptus autumnal is. moxa (moks'ah). A roll of some combustible material (cotton, lint, agaric, or the pith of the sunflower) designed to be burned against the skin for the purpose of producing an eschar, artificial m. A m. made from cotton impregnated with niter, etc. Bretonneau's m. is a mixture of charcoal, pota ium nitrate, and gum tragacanth with water. The ma is rolled into little sticks, which burn readily without scintillation. Chinese m. A m. occurring in small cones, prepared from the leaves of Artemisia chinensis and Artemisia indica, or (Lindley) Artemisia m. [Japanese.] muavin (mu-ah'vin). An alkaloid obtained from "muawi" bark. It is said to act like digitalin.