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Macrogonidie (Cohn 1870): A Gonidie with a larger amount of cytoplasm, hence with a larger diameter (see Microgonidie).

Mesogonidie: An Ascogonidie at the inner end of one or both halves of a Displascit.

Metamychota (plural): A group encompassing all organsims constructed or assembeled out of the cellular units Athrit, Pliathrit, Synathrit or assembeled out of Cytit, Pliocytit or Syncytit (protazoans, protophytes, metazoans, metaphytes).

Metastasis: The placement of one Cyclode segment (Cyclostage, Formante) behind another Cyclode segment. See Prostasis.

Microgonidie: A Gonidie with a smaller amount of cytoplasm, hence with a smaller diameter (see Macrogonidie).

Miotrophit: A bacterial cell in a Cyclostage with few (heavily staining) Trophoconies and other nutrients (lipids, nucleic acids, etc.). In stained preparations, it appears less pale than the Atrophit.

Miotrophosis: Weak prescence of the heavily staining nutrients (lipids, nucleic acids, etc.) in the bacterial body.

Mixostatic: A mixostatic colony is one with individuals belonging to more than one Cyclostage. See isostatic.

Mochlolysis: Any cancellation of Mochlosis with metastatic orientation of the resulting Cyclostages. Natural Mochlolysis is that which occurs naturally or due ot unknown factors; artificial Mochlolysis is induced by artificial conditional factors.

Mochlosis: A more or less forceful interruption of Probaenogeny and exclusive predominance of Auxanogeny.

Monomychota (plural): The phylum of the Mychoten, encompassing all forms that never proceed beyond Mychit and Diplomychit in their development. Therefore, the formation of Didimychits and Syndimychits never occurs.

Monosporit: A Sporit produced in isolation, hence the Sporit of a Dimychit.

Mycascit: An Ascit which has grown especially long and filamentous.

Mych: The proto-nucleus, the carrier of life in the Mychit (the primordial cell). It contains very little to no chromatin and is only slightly more heavily staining (e.g. with fuchsin) than the cytoplasm; with methylene blue mostly non-staining. In the Pliomychit, because of the heavy stainability of the cytoplasm and the yolk elements (reserve materials, Trophoconies) surrounding the Mych, it is usually not possible to make it visible, but its presence and location is indicated by the normally strong clustering of Trophoconies into Trophosoms and Trophosomelles. In the Mychit, especially of the Gonidies, Gonits and atrophic Mychits, as well as Spermit and Oit, it is clearly visible. The diameter is 1/1000 to 1/4000 mm (0.1 - 0.025).

Mychin: The material of the Mych as a physical concept (not chemical).

Mychit: The primordial cell; a cell with only a single Mych. This includes all individuals of the Monomychoten as well as all monomych reproductive bodies of the Dimychoten (Gonidies, Mychits of the Basits). The Mychit is the morphological base unit of the bacteria and is spherical.

Mychomere: The semivalent proto-nucleus (Mych) of the Gonit (derived from the Gonidie by expulsion and dissolution of the second half of the proto-nucleus) as well as the Spermit and Oit.

Mychomerit: A Mychit (primordial cell) with a semivalent Mych (Mychomere), i.e. Gonit, Spermit, and Oit.

Mychomit: The filament of the proto-nucleus; it is the filamentous part between the two partial Mychs of the fission process. It is fairly short and somewhat bent.

Mychomitosis: The preparation for splitting a Mych in two by the construction of a Mychozyg (proto-nuclear arch).

Mychose: As opposed to a free Mychit, one forming a unit with a Dimychit or a Dimychose.

Mychostasis: The distance between the centers of the two Mych in Dimychit and Dimychose. See eurystatic and stenostatic.

Mychota (plural): Kingdom of the Protomychota.

Mychozyg: The proto-nuclear arch; it is the segmenting body of Mychomitosis. It consists of the two daughter Mych and the Mychomit holding them together (proto-nuclear filament).

Oit: The unfertalized bacterial egg, i.e. the female Mychomerit. It consists of a more or less large cytoplasmic sphere with parietal Mychomer that protrudes somewhat nipple-like from the surface of the sphere.

Pseudomochlolysis: Cancellation of Mochlosis with prostatic orientation of the resulting Cyclostage (e.g. Sporit formation).

Pseudomochlosis: Persisting in a Cyclostage, not due to an interruption (Mochlosis) of the Probaenogeny, but rather as a result of the creation of polydynamic or multivalentfructifications, this taking its course entirely in a single individual. Examples: Corynobacterium diptheriae (Löffl.) [Cystit, Arthrothecit] and Schaudinnum Enderl. [Endothecit].

Pseudotrophode: A -like Trophocony accumulation between two Trophosomes or Trophosomelles, which, however, belong to two different Dimychosen.

Psedozyg: Two Trophosomes or Trophosomelles united by a Trophode (so called bar-bell-shaped structure).

Megacaryocyte (hist.): A special instance of the Syncytits (megalokaryocytic component).

Ostoclast: See Polycaryocyte.

Pliathrit: An Athrit with two or more separated Athrons resulting form the reproduction of an Athron.

Pliathrum: Symplasm of Athrits.

Pliocytit: A Cytit with two or more separated Caryons resulting from the reproduction of a Caryon (examples: polynuclear leucocytes, Ostoclasts).

Pliocytium: The Cytopolisma of two or more Cytits (e.g. metazoans, metaphytes).

Polycaryocyte (hist.): A special case of the Pliocytits (megalokaryocytic component).

Polycaryon (Hartmann 1909): A nucleus consisting of two or more polyenergetic combined Caryons. (Hartmann uses this designation for Polycaryon and Synathron; since he also give examples for each in his publication (p. 504) - megalonuclei in tumors, many leucocyte nuclei - these have been established as types. Polycaryon is therefore defined in the restricted sense.)

Polydyname: A cell with a polyvalent nucleus.

Polyenergetic (Hartmann): Polyvalent; said of nuclei, that appear to be bound into a single unit consisting of two or more Caryons or Athrons. (Also used by Hartmann in regard to cells.)