These 13 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Myocarditis, Myopia, Myrica.
inflammation of the covering inflammation, infection is generally the of the heart. In cases of acute Myocarditis is a malady seccause. ondary to diphtheria, typ let fever, spinal yphoid fever, scarmeningitis, variola, erysipelas, malaria, rheumatism, and influenza. Chronic myocarditis results from sclerosis of the coronary arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle.
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near or short sight, a defect of the eye, produced generally by too great convexity of the cornea or crystalline lens, causing the focus to be placed not on the cornea, but in front of it. It occurs in early life from too Letters"; the eyes on minute objects, as great use of the print in a book corrected, especially doubly by imperfect - concave light spec-. 1893), ( tacles. As a with the advance rule the defect diminishes
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sweet gale; bog-myrtle; the typical and only genus of the order Myricacex.
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HERBERT, American and publisher; born at Arlington, Mass., editor Aug. 20 , 1860. Educated at Mass. Agricultural College and at Boston. Many years president of the Phelps Publishing Co. and editor of " Farm and Home," Springfield, Mass. President of the Orange Judd Company and director of their farm papers: "Northern Farmstead," Minn.; "Southern Farmer ," Atlanta; "American Agriculturist," New York, and "New England Homestead," Springfield, Mass. Has built the Myrick Building, field, Mass. Has lectured extensively on Springagricultural subjects. Author of technical books on agriculture. Has published "Co-operative Finance" (1912); "Federal Loan System" (1916). MYRISTIC ACID. C13H27COOH curs in the form of trimyristin C3H6 . Oc- (C14H27O2) 8, in the oil of the cocoanut, nutmeg, quince seeds, and in butter and wool fat. It may be prepared artificially by melting stearolic acid with It crystallizes in needles with a melting point of 53.8° C.
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in Greek mythology, one of the followers whom Achilles led from Phthia to the Trojan war. According to one version of the myth, Zeus deceived Eurymedusa, daughter of Cleitus, in the form of an ant, murmex, and became the father of Myrmidon, the eponym of the Myrmidons. The Homeric poems exhibit the Myrmidons as warriors who cannot act except at the bidding of Achilles.
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An Achaean race in Phthiotis in Thessaly, whom Achilles ruled over, and who accompanied this hero to Troy. Mytilene or Mitylene. The chief city of Lesbos. 2026 Editor's Note: Myrmidones derives from the Classical Greek for 'ant-people' (myrmedon, 'ant-nest'). Ovid's Metamorphoses first told the myth that they were originally ants on the island of Aegina, transformed into humans. (Ed: BR 2026-07-02)
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in Grecian legend, a warlike people of Thessaly. They were the descendants of Myrmidon, a reputed son of Zeus. The name means ants. According to one version Zeus created the Myrmidons by transforming ants into men. Their warriors accompanied Achilles to the siege of Troy. The fidelity of these men to their leader was such that the term myrmidons has become a synonym for those who follow and execute commands without question or scruple. Thus the newspaper writer calls policemen, sheriffs, and other officers, "myrmidons of the law."
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a celebrated Greek sculptor; born in Eleutheræ, Bœotia, about 480 B. C. He was a pupil of Ageladas, and the rival of Polycletus. He worked in marble, wood, and metal, and especially distinguished himself by his skillful representations of animals. His most admired work was the bronze figure of a "Cow Lowing," which was still extant at Athens in the time of Cicero.
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mer, an aromatic resin much prized by the ancients. The myrrh tree is a thorny shrub from ten to twelve feet in height, with a light gray bark, having the general appearance of the hawthorn. It grows in dwarfish thickets on the sunny slopes of the Levant, especially in Arabia, although it is found eastward as far as Bombay. Myrrh is obtained also from Somaliland on the coast of eastern Africa. The natives bruise the bark of the tree with a stone to encourage the formation of the gum. Like spruce and other gums, it exudes from cracks in the bark and hardens in the form of tears. When dried it has a reddish brown color. Myrrh was formerly much used in the making of ointments and perfumes. It was one of the precious gifts presented by the three wise men to the infant Christ in the manger. It was in great demand among the Egyptians for the embalming of bodies. Joseph, it may be remembered, was sold to a caravan of merchants on their way to Egypt with myrrh and other precious merchandise. The Turks and Italians are the chief modern purchasers of myrrh. The inferior grades are sold in India and China. See Gum ; Perfume
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in botany, Balsamodendron myrrha; also the genus Myrrhis. chemistry, a gum resin which exudes from Balsamodendron myrrha, a shrub growing in Arabia and Abyssinia. MYRTACEÆ, myrtle-blooms; an order of epigynous exogens, alliance Myrtales. It consists of trees or shrubs, with opposite or alternate entire leaves, usually with transparent dots and a vein running parallel to the margin.
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a district of ancient Asia Minor, having the Propontis (Sea of Marmora) on the N., the Ægean on the W., Lydia on the S., and Bithynia and Phrygia on the E. The Troad (Land of Troy) was one of its subdivisions.
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in general, a fiction framed unconsciously, not a willful falsehood. Such myths arose most copiously cop in the infancy of nations, but they do so yet, especially among young people or the uneducated, there being the closest analogy between the mind of early man and that of a child or of an untaught person. 29 od nitiw hatsuπou τo bovitob) stato to anal to sotto od tiboulga bas sledvo lo leemid Metofonsistori total od na sitalarini to entit oxidation of 024-084 eswted basmalt behnat has own solo boiroq end dotat nood oval aumentootatь И Inisalo oddo bo adibaswo090.2 bre esinio sildog palsuada Jom ni
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or MIHIR (mi-her'), the sacred being enthroned in the sun whom the Ghebers worship.
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