See Also: mero-(1)(dictionary)
mero-(2)(dictionary)
mero(dictionary)
EX MERO MOTU(law)

mero-(1) (iou)



mero- combining form1. Before a vowel also mer-.
[from Greek meros part, fraction: see -O-.]
Part, partly. Freq. opp. HOLO-.
mero'blastic adjective (Biology) (of an ovum) undergoing partial cleavage, usu. on the surface of a large yolk L19.
merocrine adjective (Physiology) of, pertaining to, or designating a gland in which cytoplasm is not lost during secretion E20.
mero'cyanine adjective & noun (Chemistry) (designating) any of a class of neutral dyes (many used as photographic sensitizers) in which a nitrogen atom and a carbonyl group (both usu. parts of heterocycles) are linked by a conjugated chain of carbon atoms M20.
mero'diploid adjective & noun (Bacteriology) (a) adjective (made up of cells) having second copies of part of the normal chromosome complement; (b) noun a merodiploid organism: M20.
merogamete noun (Biology) a gamete formed by fission of a vegetative cell in some protists and usu. smaller than an ordinary individual M20.
me'rogamy noun (Biology) a mode of reproduction in some protists involving the fusion of merogametes E20.
mero'gonic adjective (Biology) of, pertaining to, or of the nature of merogony L19.
me'rogony noun (Biology) (a) the production of an embryo from a portion of an ovum; (b) = SCHIZOGONY: L19.
mero'hedral adjective (of a crystal or crystal form) less symmetrical than is possible for its crystal class L19.
mero'istic adjective [Greek oion egg] Biology (of an ovariole) having nurse cells L19.
mero'mictic adjective (of a lake) in which water below a certain depth does not circulate with the upper layers, usu. as a result of high salt concentration M20.
mero'morphic adjective (Math.) (of a complex function) analytic in a given domain except for a finite number of poles L19.
mero'myosin noun (Biochemistry) either of the two components of myosin which correspond roughly to the rod-shaped and globular parts of the molecule M20.
mero'plankton noun (Biology) meroplanktonic organisms E20.
meroplank'tonic adjective (Biology) (of an aquatic organism) passing only part of its life cycle as plankton L19.
merosy'mmetrical adjective = merohedral L19.
mero'symmetry noun the condition or quality of being merohedral L19.
merosyste'matic adjective = merohedral L19.
mero'zoite noun (Zoology) any of the cells produced by multiple fission (schizogony) of a schizont E20.
mero'zygote noun = merodiploid noun M20.