Mosetig-Moorhof bone wax

[Albert von Mosetig- The proce of for- Moorhof, German surgeon, 1838-1907]. See under wax.. Mosler’s diabetes (mos’‘lerz) (Karl Fried rich Mosler, German physician, born 1831]. See under diabetes. mosquito (mus-ke’to) [Sp. “little ἦν. 1. A popu- lar name for gnat-like, blood-sucking and venomous insects of various genera, chiefly Culex, Anoph’eles, Stegomyia, and Simu'lium. The bite of species of the genus Anopheles is a leading means of the transmi ion of malarial fevers. Stegomyia conveys yellow fever, and Anopheles and Culex transmit the filaria. For the life history of the malarial parasite in the mosquito’s body, see Plasmodium malarie. 2. An apparatus for drawing blood from a ve el in sterile condition.