": a family of marine bivalve mollusks (order Filibranchia) having the shell elongated and equivalve with a large narrow internal ligament and a byssus for attachment to the substrate \u2014 compare mussel":[]
": the type genus of Mytilidae comprising usually smooth-shelled marine mussels that live attached to solid objects chiefly in the intertidal zone and include the common edible mussel ( M. edulis )":[]
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"New Latin, from Latin mytilus, mytulus, mitulus , a mussel, from Greek mytilos, mitylos":""
": a class or other division of aberrant annelid worms that are probably related to the polychaetes, are parasites of echinoderms, have the form as an adult of an unsegmented disk with ventrally located parapodia, adhesive suckers, distinctive marginal cirri, a coelom obscured by connective tissue, no vascular system, and a single pair of nephridia opening into the posterior intestine, develop indirectly, and have a typical trochophore":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Myzostomum , type genus (from myzo- + -stomum ) + -aria":""
"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
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"definitions":{
": a condition in which the visual images come to a focus (see focus entry 1 sense 4 ) in front of the retina of the eye resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects : nearsightedness":[
"She wears glasses to correct her myopia ."
],
": a lack of foresight or discernment : a narrow view of something":[
"\u2026 those require long-term commitments, which in our current myopia we cannot take on.",
"The political myopia was most significant in the country\u2019s east, political analysts say. \u2014 Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times , 7 May 2022",
"Smith\u2019s participation can explain the myopia of the new series. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Though nearsightedness isn\u2019t typically thought of as a serious health problem, high myopia can lead to damage in the central retinal area, causing retinal detachment, glaucoma, and cataracts. \u2014 Emily Mullin, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
"With rates of myopia in the United States increasing from 25 percent in the early 1970s to nearly 42 percent three decades later, more children may soon be wearing such contacts. \u2014 Emily Mullin, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Toni Morrison addressed a similar type of myopia in a 1974 essay. \u2014 Nicole Acheampong, The Atlantic , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The initiative\u2019s backers badly misjudged the desperation and myopia of wealthier countries, which raced to manufacturers to snatch up doses for their own people. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Taken together, the new UV-IR mixing models illustrate the myopia of the old paradigm \u2014 one based solely on reductionism and effective field theory \u2014 and that may be a start. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Pais and Ruck shine as portraits of corporate myopia , and Dylan Minnette and Camryn Mi-Young Kim do good work as two of the young employees who begin to doubt their corporate messiah. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Feb. 2022"
": affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted":[
"It is likely the FDA will initially approve the procedure for severely myopic patients, though it is unclear what range of impaired vision will be included.",
"\u2014 Rhonda Rundle",
"In some eyes, the lens does not become flat enough to bring far objects in focus, although it focuses near objects well; people with such eyes are said to be myopic (nearsighted).",
"\u2014 Rita L. Atkinson et al."
],
": lacking in foresight or discernment : narrow in perspective and without concern for broader implications":[
"Higher learning can offer individuals and societies a depth and breadth of vision absent from the inevitably myopic present.",
"\u2014 Drew Gilpin Faust",
"But only a myopic angler would fail to recognize the alarming signals in those unusual conditions.",
"\u2014 Pete Bodo",
"Like most who mutilate Chopin, he was musically myopic , fawning over each note instead of seeking the longer shape of a phrase, its arc and context, where the real beauty lay.",
"\u2014 Andrew Corsello",
"When he ran again in 2013, this time without a primary opponent, his campaign had an almost myopic focus on a subject dear to Republicans: job creation.",
"Mr. McCullough hails Adams for being uncannily prescient \u2026 foreseeing a myriad of developments, from the difficulty of defeating the British \u2026 to the divisive consequences of slavery. \u2014 Michiko Kakutani , New York Times , 22 May 2001",
"Sectarian Protestantism reinforced both American individualism and the tendency of the society to be self-organizing in a myriad of voluntary associations and communities. \u2014 Francis Fukuyama , Atlantic , May 1999",
"Out in the barrios, under the nipa palms, he listened to the myriads of humming cicadas and the call of the geckos. \u2014 Nina FitzPatrick , Fables of the Irish Intelligentsia , 1991",
"To read Marie Corelli, you had to be able to follow several hundred printed words at a time, and there were myriads in England who were up to it. \u2014 Hugh Kenner , A Sinking Island , 1987",
"\u2026 laced his fingers behind his head and stared at the myriads of tiny colored dots that make up darkness. \u2014 John Steinbeck , East of Eden , 1952",
"There are a myriad of possibilities.",
"the car can be outfitted with a myriad of options",
"Adjective",
"\u2026 the more quotations that could be found, the more easily the subtle differences between the (possibly) myriad usages and meanings of any single word could be identified. This is how historical dictionaries are made \u2026 \u2014 Simon Winchester , The Meaning of Everything , 2003",
"The age of white guilt, with its myriad corruptions and its almost racist blindness to minority individuality, may someday go down like the age of racism went down \u2026 \u2014 Shelby Steele , Harper's , November 2002",
"World War II accelerated the progress of science and technology into the microcosm. Scientists and technologists played tag with one another in their search for microscopic control. With mathematics and myriad theories, they defined a new microcosm. \u2014 Joseph A. Amato , Dust , 2000",
"The old system's problems were myriad .",
"the myriad problems that today's cities face",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The asymmetric shape and generous size tackle a myriad of issues and can extend to reach crow\u2019s feet, too. \u2014 Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping , 29 June 2022",
"Torres was experiencing a myriad of symptoms including debilitating headaches, vertigo, and a persistent, unforgiving cough. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"There are a handful of different types of acne: cystic acne, hormonal breakouts, blackheads, closed comedones, and whiteheads, and each has a myriad of triggers. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 28 June 2022",
"The late-night hosts join the myriad of public figures who have voiced criticism of the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s decision including John Oliver, Samuel L. Jackson and Whoopi Goldberg. \u2014 Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 June 2022",
"Hersl, too, as depicted in We Own This City, appears to have been tolerated simply because of his arrest numbers\u2014despite the myriad of complaints against him, including use of force complaints. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 26 Apr. 2022",
"This would suggest that all of the myriad Galaxy S22 leaks in recent months have been spot on all along. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 13 Dec. 2021",
"This is despite myriad of travel restrictions and many employees around the world forgoing their daily commute, both dampening gasoline, and hence oil, demand. \u2014 Baker Institute, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021",
"If organizational leaders are more attuned to the needs of their employees, and supportive of their career growth, this can help build a resilient workforce within an organization despite a myriad of external factors that leaders cannot control. \u2014 Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News , 15 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"From 360-degree images to panoramic, aerial videos and 3D animations, special types of video and photography can be incorporated into content marketing and digital advertising strategies in myriad ways on a variety of platforms. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"It was born out of Congressional hearings during which women and girls detailed the myriad ways they were discriminated against in their schools on a regular basis. \u2014 Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"Spiking gas prices have weighed on motorists in every state this year, making daily life more expensive in myriad ways. \u2014 Adrian Blanco, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
"Climate change impacts may disrupt pollinator-plant relationships in myriad ways, bringing this mutually beneficial partnership out of sync, with either plants or insects emerging too early in spring, before the other is ready. \u2014 Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
"Of course, there are myriad ways to raise prices that are completely indirect and hidden, Dholakia says. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"The publicly available data and reports from experts measured the flow of fish in myriad ways, and Irena\u2019s analysis goals seemed to shape-shift with every conversation. \u2014 Sarah Blustain, ProPublica , 9 June 2022",
"An economic downturn doesn\u2019t have to cross into recession territory in order to have consequences for the entertainment and technology industries in myriad ways. \u2014 Andrew Wallenstein, Variety , 8 June 2022",
"An allergic reaction can manifest as a skin rash in myriad ways. \u2014 Kirsten Nunez, SELF , 7 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1735, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek myriad-, myrias , from myrioi countless, ten thousand":"Noun and Adjective"
"Podcasts and other media were used to also help everyone give as much industry insight as possible into this mysterious new virus that was dominating the world. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"It's been an eventful year for Stricker with a Ryder Cup victory, a mysterious illness and then a golf comeback that included a major victory in the Regions Tradition in May. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"In fall 2018, hundreds of hares from the Iberian Peninsula seemingly died overnight from a mysterious virus. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Dozens of additional hepatitis cases among children are under investigation in the U.S., officials said, widening the scope of a mysterious illness that has led to hospitalizations and organ transplants world-wide. \u2014 Ren\u00e9e Onque, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Last year, a mysterious illness killed thousands of songbirds throughout the eastern United States. \u2014 Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022",
"After dysentery and a second mysterious illness took the lives of many on the Ridge and practically killed Claire (Caitriona Balfe), new trouble was in store, courtesy of one Miss Malva Christie (Jessica Reynolds). \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The department had criteria for determining what birds likely carried the mysterious illness. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Ticks carrying a mysterious and rare virus that can sicken or even kill older adults or people with underlying conditions have been found in at least six states, a new study reported Wednesday. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Mar. 2022"
"A mysterious illness has been spreading through the city.",
"There's something mysterious about that old woman.",
"Her behavior was very mysterious .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Podcasts and other media were used to also help everyone give as much industry insight as possible into this mysterious new virus that was dominating the world. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"It's been an eventful year for Stricker with a Ryder Cup victory, a mysterious illness and then a golf comeback that included a major victory in the Regions Tradition in May. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"In fall 2018, hundreds of hares from the Iberian Peninsula seemingly died overnight from a mysterious virus. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Dozens of additional hepatitis cases among children are under investigation in the U.S., officials said, widening the scope of a mysterious illness that has led to hospitalizations and organ transplants world-wide. \u2014 Ren\u00e9e Onque, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Last year, a mysterious illness killed thousands of songbirds throughout the eastern United States. \u2014 Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022",
"After dysentery and a second mysterious illness took the lives of many on the Ridge and practically killed Claire (Caitriona Balfe), new trouble was in store, courtesy of one Miss Malva Christie (Jessica Reynolds). \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The department had criteria for determining what birds likely carried the mysterious illness. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Ticks carrying a mysterious and rare virus that can sicken or even kill older adults or people with underlying conditions have been found in at least six states, a new study reported Wednesday. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Mar. 2022"
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": a cult devoted to such rites":[],
": a piece of fiction dealing usually with the solution of a mysterious crime":[
"Reading mysteries was her favorite pastime."
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": a private secret":[],
": a religious truth that one can know only by revelation and cannot fully understand":[
"the mystery of the Trinity"
],
": a secret religious rite believed (as in Eleusinian and Mithraic cults) to impart enduring bliss to the initiate":[],
": any of the 20 events (such as the Nativity, the Crucifixion, or the Assumption) serving as a subject for meditation during the saying of the rosary":[],
": mystery play":[],
": profound, inexplicable, or secretive quality or character":[
"the mystery of her smile",
"the mysteries and beauties of nature"
],
": something not understood or beyond understanding : enigma":[
"The mystery of his disappearance has never been solved."
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": the secret or specialized practices or ritual peculiar to an occupation or a body of people":[
"Middle English mysterie \"hidden religious truth, rite or event with religious significance, hidden meaning,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French misterie, borrowed from Late Latin myst\u0113rium \"hidden religious truth revealed by God, religious rite, Eucharist,\" going back to Latin (in plural myst\u0113ria ), \"secret religious rites, things not to be divulged,\" borrowed from Greek myst\u1e17rion, plural myst\u1e17ria \"religious rite to which only initiates may be admitted, secret\" (in the New Testament, \"religious truth revealed by God\"), from mys-, base of m\u00fdst\u0113s \"person initiated (into a religious cult)\" + -t\u0113rion, suffix in words denoting instruments, place and ceremonies (derivative of -t\u0113r, agent suffix) \u2014 more at mystic entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English mysterie \"ministry, office, craft,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin misterium \"duty, office, occupation, trade,\" in part Latinization of Anglo-French mester, mister (continental Old French mestier ) \"function, duty, pursuit, trade, craft, guild\" (going back to Late Latin m\u012bsterium, variant of Latin ministerium \"office of a servant or attendant, duty, support\"), in part borrowed directly from Late Latin \u2014 more at ministry":"Noun"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mystery Noun (1) mystery , problem , enigma , riddle , puzzle mean something which baffles or perplexes. mystery applies to what cannot be fully understood by reason or less strictly to whatever resists or defies explanation. the mystery of the stone monoliths problem applies to a question or difficulty calling for a solution or causing concern. problems created by high technology enigma applies to utterance or behavior that is very difficult to interpret. his suicide remains an enigma riddle suggests an enigma or problem involving paradox or apparent contradiction. the riddle of the reclusive pop star puzzle applies to an enigma or problem that challenges ingenuity for its solution. the thief's motives were a puzzle for the police",
"the notion that a cat has nine lives is based upon the belief that nine is a mystic number",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The mystic feelings that users like Cote report \u2014 such as the loss of a sense of self, and the ability to set aside the past or think afresh about the future \u2014 are thought to arise from this reset of the DMN. \u2014 Steve Volk, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022",
"Marvel can easily explain this in future installments that deal with the supernatural or the mystic arts. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 10 May 2022",
"This, too, is revered for its energy \u2014 and for being the birthplace of Baba Vanga, the blind mystic and medium who holds a special place in Bulgarian culture. \u2014 Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
"The festival \u2014 which also hosts art installations, film screenings, sound baths and other endeavors into the intergalactic, mystic and occult \u2014 will boast DJs set from Nosaj Thing and Telefon Tel Aviv alongside sets by clipping. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 13 June 2022",
"Zodrow said the museum, like the library\u2019s rare book room and perhaps the abbey as a whole, represents the importance of preserving tradition and the mystic chords of communal memory. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
"Her three background singers matched the mystic vibe as well in floor length black dresses. \u2014 Bianca Brutus, PEOPLE.com , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The Northman sees Amleth commune with the astral projection of a mystic seer, fight a walking skeleton to claim a special sword, and chat to the disembodied head of an old friend. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Album of the year winner Jon Batiste\u2019s earnest and honest speech about music as a mystic , subjective experience that finds its audience. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That feeling extends to the lush studio sound created by Olsen and co-producer Jonathan Wilson, the long-haired mystic who\u2019s brought his Nashville-via-Laurel-Canyon magic to records by Father John Misty and Dawes. \u2014 Simon Vozick-levinson, Rolling Stone , 30 May 2022",
"Sprawling across a thousand pages decorated with period maps and etchings, the Nobel Prize winner\u2019s novel revolves around a real-life 18th-century Polish mystic named Jacob Frank. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Upcoming productions include a miniseries based on the popular Asterix comic books for Netflix and Raspoutine, a feature biopic about infamous Russian mystic Rasputin from My Summer in Provence director Rose Bosch. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Sprawling across a thousand pages decorated with period maps and etchings, the story revolves around a real-life 18th-century Polish mystic named Jacob Frank (1726-1791). \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Benedict Cumberbatch plays the impulsive mystic , and is rejoined by Rachel McAdams (Dr. Christine Palmer), Benedict Wong (Wong) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Mordo) from the first movie. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Weil is best known as a political philosopher, a revolutionary trade-union activist, a mystic who devoted her last years to the search for sacred truth, and a Jew who turned to Catholicism, rejecting her heritage. \u2014 Jacqueline Rose, The New York Review of Books , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Fernando Pessoa, the Portuguese poet, critic, translator, mystic and giant of modernism, published a few books that went mostly unnoticed during his lifetime. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Not that sun-and-fun vacation adventures don\u2019t come with their own mystic , and potentially blinding, romance mojo. \u2014 Wayne And Wanda, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Oct. 2021"
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English mystyke \"open to symbolic or spiritual interpretation,\" borrowed from Latin mysticus \"of secret rites, secret,\" borrowed from Greek mystik\u00f3s, from m\u00fdst\u0113s \"person initiated (into a religious cult)\" (probably from mys-, variant stem of m\u0233\u0301ein \"to close, shut [the eyes]\"\u2014of uncertain origin\u2014 + -t\u0113s, agent suffix) + ikos -ic entry 1":"Adjective",
": an obscuring especially of capitalist or social dynamics (as by making them equivalent to natural laws) that is seen in Marxist thought as an impediment to critical consciousness":[
"the new information did little to ease our mystification",
"an event that is one of the great mystifications in all of maritime history",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As with other elements of a mega-celebrity\u2019s life, a front-facing, pathbreaking pregnancy like Rihanna\u2019s necessitates a certain level of mystification of the pains taken behind the scenes. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The December 1941 attacks are the subject of considerable mystification in the United States. \u2014 Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic , 4 Apr. 2022",
"There has been some mystification in Washington as to why administration successes have not registered more. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
"One interviewee, a teenager at the time of the festival, expresses mystification at having evolved from a mild-mannered kid to a destructive Lord of the Flies character over the course of the weekend. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 27 July 2021",
"On Twitter, users have expressed shock and mystification over the design. \u2014 Marc Bain, Quartz , 9 June 2021",
"John Berger\u2019s idea of \u2018 mystification ,\u2019 for example, describes how the \u2018original\u2019 upholds \u2018ideological interests of the ruling class\u2019 through arcane ways of emphasizing technique. \u2014 Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes , 13 May 2021",
"But, as British viewers found to their mystification , American TV eagerly advertises pharmaceutical remedies for practically every other imaginable human condition. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 8 Mar. 2021",
"My favorite element, which mirrors my mystification at the matter-of-factness of the image, is an adorably witless donkey. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2021"
"The cause of the disease mystified doctors for many years.",
"The magician has been mystifying his audiences for years with his amazing tricks.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The cases, which have been discovered in at least 20 countries, continue to mystify scientists, who have been unable to pinpoint the cause. \u2014 Frances Stead Sellers And Katie Shepherd, Anchorage Daily News , 7 May 2022",
"While bright lights, glamorous fashion, and cheering fans are all hallmarks of a walk down the red carpet, Oscars beauty secrets continue to mystify us, each star\u2019s glowing complexion more blinding than the next on Hollywood\u2019s biggest night. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 24 Mar. 2022",
"And because Forte\u2019s comedy is as idiosyncratic as always, the parts that left me doubled over with laughter may mystify you, and vice versa. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The 49ers\u2019 other first-round pick from that 2020 draft, Brandon Aiyuk, continued to mystify with his lack of production. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Oct. 2021",
"It\u2019s mind-bending logic that would mystify Lewis Carroll. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 1 Oct. 2021",
"There is so much in the Office of the Child Advocate report into David\u2019s death to terrify, enrage, and, yes, to mystify . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Apr. 2021",
"There are things that mystify and things that, sadly, shouldn\u2019t be all that surprising. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Dec. 2020",
"Using it as the subject of a proposition, as Heidegger does, is at best a sign of mental confusion, and at worst a deliberate attempt to mystify and mislead. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker , 12 Oct. 2020"
"borrowed from French mystifier \"to hoodwink, dupe,\" from Greek m\u00fdst\u0113s \"person initiated (into a religious cult)\" + French -ifier -ify \u2014 more at mystic entry 1":""
": a person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence":[
"the Superman myth",
"The unicorn is a myth ."
],
": a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon":[
"creation myths"
],
": an unfounded or false notion":[
"the myth of racial superiority"
],
": parable , allegory":[
"Moral responsibility is the motif of Plato's myths ."
],
": the whole body of myths":[
"a student of Greek myth"
]
},
"examples":[
"It's an enduring myth that money brings happiness.",
"I don't believe the myths and legend s about this forest.",
"Contrary to popular myth , no monster lives in this lake.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Antaeus myth is one of many that eerily parallel our current predicament. \u2014 Lily Houston Smith, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"Another myth is that people with social anxiety avoid the spotlight. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 22 May 2022",
"The ever-expanding myth is frustrating, because the real story is so much better. \u2014 Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 May 2022",
"This myth is that AI will always be unbiased and neutral. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"And although the myth is dead, war watchers said its spread raised questions over how information is processed in a war where journalists have struggled to access the front lines. \u2014 NBC News , 2 May 2022",
"The myth is that this bill is going to fix that problem. ... \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The model minority myth is a stereotype started in the civil rights movement (era) by an American White sociologist. \u2014 Julia M. Chan, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Placed in its historical context, this myth of antifascism, anti-Nazism and anti-Zionism is far more than rhetoric. \u2014 Juliana Geran Pilon, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022"
": based on or described in a myth especially as contrasted with history":[],
": existing only in the imagination : fictitious , imaginary":[
"constructed a mythical all-star team"
],
": having qualities suitable to myth : legendary":[
"the twilight of a mythic professional career",
"\u2014 Clayton Riley"
]
},
"examples":[
"Hercules was a mythical hero who was half man and half god.",
"gods fighting in a mythical battle in the sky",
"The sportswriters picked a mythical all-star team.",
"The benefits of the new policy proved to be mythical .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like the mythical bird, this superyacht is rising from the ashes of its humble, commercial-vessel past and could soon become a modern explorer yacht. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 4 June 2021",
"Mostly because the annual event marks not the destruction of San Francisco but its rebirth, a special place that rose from the ashes, like the phoenix, a mythical bird that is one of the symbols of the city. \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Apr. 2021",
"Claires Danes stars in a six-episode period drama about a widow who discovers that her new home in Essex is reportedly home to a mythical creature. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2022",
"The Essex Serpent, about a widow who befriends a priest in her new hometown that has a mythical creature in its waters. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
"La Salle named the ship Le Griffon, after the mythical creature whose body of a lion has the head and wings of an eagle. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 11 May 2022",
"This dog breed kind of looks like a cross between a dog, a pony, and a mythical creature. \u2014 Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day , 3 May 2022",
"Knowing this keeps a certain alluring appeal to the mythical creature of the entrepreneur; never to be truly understood, but always to be admired. \u2014 Josephine Kant, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The Aztec ruler took his name from the name of a mythical creature that lived near lakes and in swamps. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 17 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"mythical, from Late Latin m\u0233thicus \"of myth, legendary\" (borrowed from Greek m\u0233thik\u00f3s, from m\u0177thos \"utterance, tale, myth \" + -ikos -ic entry 1 ) + -al entry 1 ; mythic, borrowed from Late Latin m\u0233thicus":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mi-thi-k\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mythical fictitious , fabulous , legendary , mythical , apocryphal mean having the nature of something imagined or invented. fictitious implies fabrication and suggests artificiality or contrivance more than deliberate falsification or deception. fictitious characters fabulous stresses the marvelous or incredible character of something without necessarily implying impossibility or actual nonexistence. a land of fabulous riches legendary suggests the elaboration of invented details and distortion of historical facts produced by popular tradition. the legendary exploits of Davy Crockett mythical implies a purely fanciful explanation of facts or the creation of beings and events out of the imagination. mythical creatures apocryphal implies an unknown or dubious source or origin or may imply that the thing itself is dubious or inaccurate. a book that repeats many apocryphal stories",
": based on or described in a myth especially as contrasted with history":[],
": existing only in the imagination : fictitious , imaginary":[
"constructed a mythical all-star team"
],
": having qualities suitable to myth : legendary":[
"the twilight of a mythic professional career",
"\u2014 Clayton Riley"
]
},
"examples":[
"Hercules was a mythical hero who was half man and half god.",
"gods fighting in a mythical battle in the sky",
"The sportswriters picked a mythical all-star team.",
"The benefits of the new policy proved to be mythical .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like the mythical bird, this superyacht is rising from the ashes of its humble, commercial-vessel past and could soon become a modern explorer yacht. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 4 June 2021",
"Mostly because the annual event marks not the destruction of San Francisco but its rebirth, a special place that rose from the ashes, like the phoenix, a mythical bird that is one of the symbols of the city. \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Apr. 2021",
"Claires Danes stars in a six-episode period drama about a widow who discovers that her new home in Essex is reportedly home to a mythical creature. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2022",
"The Essex Serpent, about a widow who befriends a priest in her new hometown that has a mythical creature in its waters. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
"La Salle named the ship Le Griffon, after the mythical creature whose body of a lion has the head and wings of an eagle. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 11 May 2022",
"This dog breed kind of looks like a cross between a dog, a pony, and a mythical creature. \u2014 Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day , 3 May 2022",
"Knowing this keeps a certain alluring appeal to the mythical creature of the entrepreneur; never to be truly understood, but always to be admired. \u2014 Josephine Kant, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The Aztec ruler took his name from the name of a mythical creature that lived near lakes and in swamps. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 17 Mar. 2022"
"mythical, from Late Latin m\u0233thicus \"of myth, legendary\" (borrowed from Greek m\u0233thik\u00f3s, from m\u0177thos \"utterance, tale, myth \" + -ikos -ic entry 1 ) + -al entry 1 ; mythic, borrowed from Late Latin m\u0233thicus":""
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mythical fictitious , fabulous , legendary , mythical , apocryphal mean having the nature of something imagined or invented. fictitious implies fabrication and suggests artificiality or contrivance more than deliberate falsification or deception. fictitious characters fabulous stresses the marvelous or incredible character of something without necessarily implying impossibility or actual nonexistence. a land of fabulous riches legendary suggests the elaboration of invented details and distortion of historical facts produced by popular tradition. the legendary exploits of Davy Crockett mythical implies a purely fanciful explanation of facts or the creation of beings and events out of the imagination. mythical creatures apocryphal implies an unknown or dubious source or origin or may imply that the thing itself is dubious or inaccurate. a book that repeats many apocryphal stories",
"We have been studying ancient Greek mythology .",
"We compared the two cultures' mythologies .",
"There is a popular mythology that he discovered the cause of the disease by himself.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yaguello recounts the utopian impulses behind projects like Esperanto and Volap\u00fck; speculative fiction\u2019s explorations of linguistic theory; and the search, rooted in Judeo-Christian mythology , for an original, universal tongue. \u2014 The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"That water is a focal point, and the resort takes its name from an aquatic creature in Turkish mythology that\u2019s similar to a mermaid. \u2014 Ann Abel, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Portrayed as legendary women in ancient mythology , the women were photographed in a secret location that satisfied Graff\u2019s demanding brief. \u2014 Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report , 3 May 2022",
"Staff at the ministry concluded that the head belonged to a statue of Anat, the goddess of love, beauty and war in Canaanite mythology , said Rida. \u2014 Zeena Saifi, CNN , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In Egyptian mythology , Taweret was generally considered a protective deity and was at times associated with childbirth. \u2014 Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"For all its sprinklings of pixie dust \u2014 a wiggly scorpion samba, a cyclone of flying pastries \u2014 the movie is often disconcertingly adult, and at the same time, largely unconcerned with welcoming in viewers not already steeped in the mythology . \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"In Jewish mythology , Leviathan was a primordial sea serpent, something malevolent, chaotic, uncontrollable, and beyond human comprehension. \u2014 Joseph Loconte, National Review , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Certainly the surrounding coast \u2014 part of the Lazio region, and sometimes referred to as the Costa Pontina \u2014 factors into the history and mythology of both eras. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022"
"Middle English methologie, mithologie \"exposition of a myth, book of myths,\" borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French mythologie, borrowed from Late Latin m\u0233thologia (in Mythologiae, title of a myth compilation by Fulgentius, ca. 500), borrowed from Greek m\u0233tholog\u00eda \"fiction, storytelling,\" from m\u0177thos \"utterance, tale, myth \" + -o- -o- + -logia -logy":""
"according to one creation mythos , humans sprang from the forehead of a god",
"the Superman mythos has long since become ingrained in popular American culture",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The mythos around the character of Ethel Cain is long enough to fill a novel or a film \u2014 or, in Anhed\u00f6nia\u2019s case, a concept album. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 12 May 2022",
"Given that this new series takes place between two movie trilogies, there are a ton of references and allusions to the wider Star Wars mythos , all of which have been detailed in a new video on the Heavy Spoilers channel. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 29 May 2022",
"Ice also undoes the Soviet mythos of man triumphing over nature, particularly in the Arctic, that tends to appear in science fiction. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"For Kai, being on camera both feeds his mythos and undergirds his business model. \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Composer Anthony Davis wrote the music and weaved in various influences, from the grand mythos of Richard Wagner to the cosmic utopianism of Sun Ra. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"Miramax is said to have exited, torpedoing what would have been a modern take on the mythos . \u2014 Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Apr. 2022",
"This story has become part of the mythos of one of the greatest stars of the classic Hollywood era. \u2014 Racquel Gates, CNN , 10 May 2022",
"The Kinane incident has since become legend, a cornerstone of the Des Moines comedy mythos that is embellished and passed down to new members of their sect in the wee hours when the empties stack up and the tales grow taller. \u2014 Lee Keeler, SPIN , 10 May 2022"
": a naked amoeboid uninucleate protoplast that lacks both cilia and flagella, is a characteristic stage in the life cycle of slime molds and some other fungi, arises from a haploid derivative of a swarm spore or by fusion of two haploid zoospores, and typically develops into a plasmodium either by repeated nuclear fission or by fusion of individual myxamoebas":[]
": severe hypothyroidism characterized by firm inelastic edema, dry skin and hair, and loss of mental and physical vigor":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Particularly in situations where people get illnesses such as the flu, people can get an infection and go into the state of myxedema coma, a life-threatening disorder where the mortality rate is extremely high. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Dec. 2019"
": of or relating to me or myself especially as possessor, agent, object of an action, or familiar person":[
"my car",
"my injuries",
"my man"
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": muscle":[
"myo globin",
"myo neural"
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": muscle and":[
"myo globin",
"myo neural"
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"\u02c8m\u012b",
"m\u0259"
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"Adjective",
"I enjoy my job very much.",
"My favorite TV show was on last night.",
"When I woke up this morning, my head ached and my throat was sore.",
"My wife and I both love to dance.",
"I always keep my promises.",
"It was my fault that we lost the game.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"THE SUMMER OF ALL MY PARENTS Coming-of-age comedy-drama about a pair of sisters who spend the summer shuttling back and forth between their divorced parents. \u2014 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Aug. 2017",
"MY DAD does not have bad taste in restaurants\u2014far from it. \u2014 Jane Black, WSJ , 8 June 2017",
"But for me, a great pastry has the ability to brighten my day, impress a group of friends or make someone feel loved. \u2014 Danika Worthington, The Know , 28 Feb. 2017",
"My sister, the baby\u2019s grandmother, while not wanting to impose her beliefs on the parents, comes from a generation when even couples who were not demonstrably religious usually had their baby baptized. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, Twin Cities , 3 Jan. 2017",
"The performance of this team has not lived up to my expectations or those of our fans, and that is truly disappointing. \u2014 Mark Purdy, The Mercury News , 1 Jan. 2017"
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"Middle English, from Old English m\u012bn , from m\u012bn , suppletive genitive of ic I; akin to Old English m\u0113 me":"Adjective",
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"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"noun"
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": shrewmouse":[]
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"\u02c8mig\u0259l\u0113",
"\""
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": any of various widely distributed, typically large, ground-dwelling, nocturnal spiders (infraorder or suborder Mygalomorphae) that construct silk-lined burrows or chambers, feed on small animals (such as insects, frogs, or mice), and include the tarantulas and trapdoor spiders":[
"The mygalomorphs comprise some 2,200 species of mostly large burrowers.",
"\u2014 Norman Patnick",
"\u2026 I wonder what the warmly biophilic E. O. Wilson would do if he found a hairy mygalomorph in his shoe closet.",
"\u2014 Chet Raymo",
"\u2014 often used before another noun mygalomorph spiders mygalomorph behavior"
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"from the stem of New Latin Mygalomorphae, suborder name (originally a family name), from Mygale, a spider genus (borrowed from Greek m\u0233gal\u00ea, m\u0233gal\u00e9\u0113 \"an animal, perhaps the shrew or field mouse,\" from m\u0233-, stem of m\u0177s \"mouse\" + gal\u00e9\u0113 \"weasel, marten\") + -o- -o- + -morphae, feminine plural of -morphus -morphous \u2014 more at mouse entry 1 , galea":""
},
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"1938, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193311"
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"noun"
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"\u02c8m\u012bs\u0259\u0307d",
"\""
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"plural noun"
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"New Latin, from mygale + -morphae":""
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"\u2014 used reflexively I'm going to get myself a new suit , for emphasis I myself will go , or in absolute constructions myself a tourist, I nevertheless avoided other tourists"
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": my normal, healthy, or sane condition":[
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},
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"m\u0259-",
"Southern also -\u02c8sef",
"m\u012b-\u02c8self"
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"I'm not myself today. I just don't feel right."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213633"
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"abbreviation"
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"Serious pathogens commonly found in plumbing include mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), which can lead to turberculois, and pseudomonas aeruginosa, which causes a wide variety of diseases including respiratory and gastrointestinal infections. \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 25 June 2021",
"Indeed, this infection, caused by a cousin of tuberculosis, mycobacterium marinum (M.M.), is sometimes called fish handlers\u2019 disease. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2020",
"In 2012, for example, D\u00e1valos used shotgun proteomics \u2014a type of protein analysis common in cancer medicine\u2014to help Corthals identify a previously unsequenced mycobacterium in a 500-year-old Andean Inca mummy. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, Science , 4 Dec. 2020",
"Tuberculosis is a disease of the lungs caused by a mycobacterium . \u2014 Joseph Osmundson, The New Republic , 30 July 2020",
"The vaccine is named after its inventors, Dr. Albert Calmette and Dr. Camille Guerin, who developed it in the early 1900s from mycobacterium bovis, a form of tuberculosis that infects cattle. \u2014 Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times , 3 Apr. 2020",
"Davies says the clay has also demonstrated the ability to combat mycobacterium ulcerans, a debilitating skin infection. \u2014 Smithsonian , 19 Dec. 2019",
"In 2017, Zhu graduated with a Ph.D. and a fascination with the basic biology of the mycobacterium that is the causative agent of TB. \u2014 Jeffrey Mervis, Science | AAAS , 11 Sep. 2019",
"In many American homes, water is treated with chlorine and chloramine, which kill pathogens but not mycobacteria , a genus that includes the cause of tuberculosis. \u2014 Lisa Margonelli, WSJ , 28 Nov. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There, its final, irresistible impulse is to latch its jaws upon the twig, dying as the mycelium finally consumes all the insect\u2019s innards. \u2014 Doug Bierend, Outside Online , 10 Mar. 2021",
"Stella McCartney, Balenciaga, and Herm\u00e8s are introducing handbags, shoes, and coats made of mycelium leather \u2013 an alternative to animal hides created from roots of mushrooms. \u2014 Alex Knapp, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
"Taking cues from Stella McCartney, Dixon is also crafting sculptures out of mycelium , proving design must keep up with the times to provide earth-friendly pieces that still pack an aesthetic punch. \u2014 Kevin Leblanc, ELLE , 8 June 2022",
"Although fungi may not seem very talkative either, a new study shows electric signals traveling through their mycelium network could help the organism communicate. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Many companies, including LVMH and Kering, see value in testing mycelium to see whether there is consumer acceptance. \u2014 Walter Loeb, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"And with that comes interconnectedness, like mycelium beneath the surface of the earth, and with that becomes deep meaning, with that becomes community and a kind of magic and an awe at being alive. \u2014 Julia Zorthian, Time , 9 June 2022",
"Her Frame Mylo bag, composed of mycelium (the root system of fungi, for the uninitiated), is on view amongst many other sustainably made wares, demonstrating that high fashion doesn\u2019t have to come at the planet\u2019s expense. \u2014 Kevin Leblanc, ELLE , 8 June 2022",
"It was inspired by the interconnectivity of rhizomes and mycelium , plants and fungi whose roots form underground networks. \u2014 Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And perhaps more important, as plants pull carbon from the air, their roots inject some of it into the soil, feeding microorganisms and fungi called mycorrhiza . \u2014 Moises Velasquez-manoff, New York Times , 18 Apr. 2018",
"There are many relationships between plants, insects and soil organisms specific to each community; one very specific and important relationship to the community is mycorrhiza . \u2014 Patrice Hanlon, The Mercury News , 25 Jan. 2017"
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"The company now says concerns about myocarditis have subsided after further research and real-world evidence. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Many of the committee's questions to CDC staff were about myocarditis , an inflammation of the heart that is a rare but known potential side effect of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. \u2014 Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"But since then, several European countries paused the use of the vaccine in people 30 and younger, citing concerns about myocarditis \u2014 an inflammation of the heart muscle. \u2014 Ed Silverman, STAT , 5 Nov. 2021",
"There were some early concerns about myocarditis \u2014 inflammation of the heart muscle \u2014 as a side effect of the Pfizer vaccine, mostly among young males. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 1 Oct. 2021",
"There were some early concerns about myocarditis \u2014 inflammation of the heart muscle \u2014 as a side effect of the Pfizer vaccine, mostly among young males. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Four occurred in young men, which is the group that has been the most vulnerable to myocarditis after other COVID-19 vaccines. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"And there were also concerns over myocarditis cases seen after the Novavax series. \u2014 Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News , 7 June 2022",
"Panel members are also expected to discuss any potential risks of rare heart conditions including myocarditis that have been associated with messenger RNA vaccines such as Pfizer-BioNTech\u2019s, especially in teenage boys and young men. \u2014 Liz Essley Whyte, WSJ , 19 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The overall mortality rate during hospitalization for myocardial infarction \u2014 heart attack \u2014 was 16.7% among women and 11.5% among men. \u2014 Marija Butkovic, Forbes , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The doctor was insistent: The EKG clearly indicated a serious myocardial infarction . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"In Hinds County, deaths from acute myocardial infarction , or heart attacks, increased 54% from 2019 to 2020. \u2014 USA TODAY , 10 Dec. 2021",
"As well as harming infrastructure and setting back businesses, extreme and variable weather directly impacts human health, increasing deaths through stroke and myocardial infarction , said heart and lung transplant surgeon Bill Frist. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The evidence is robust that hs-cTnI in particular can predict the risk of incident CV events such as mortality, myocardial infarction and heart-failure hospitalization. \u2014 Christos Varounis, Scientific American , 3 Nov. 2021",
"The purpose of this study was to investigate whether hs-cTnI can predict the development of new undiagnosed myocardial infarction . \u2014 Christos Varounis, Scientific American , 3 Nov. 2021",
"The study focused on two types of heart attacks: a severe, life-threatening heart attack called ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and a less severe type called Non-STEMI, which is more common among patients. \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 30 Nov. 2020",
"There's also evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 can directly infect the heart and cause arrhythmias and, in some cases, contribute to symptoms that mimic a myocardial infarction , or heart attack, Glembotski said. \u2014 Stephanie Innes, USA TODAY , 22 Sep. 2020"
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"\u2026 in myasthenia gravis , antibodies destroy the muscle's receptor proteins that serve as docks for this signal, a chemical called acetylcholine.",
"\u2014 Science News"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the comic books, Web is a blind, elderly woman who suffers from myasthenia gravis , an autoimmune disorder that forces her to use a life support system. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In the comic books, Web is a blind, elderly woman who suffers from myasthenia gravis , an autoimmune disorder that forces her to use a life support system. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In the comic books, Web is a blind, elderly woman who suffers from myasthenia gravis , an autoimmune disorder that forces her to use a life support system. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In the comic books, Web is a blind, elderly woman who suffers from myasthenia gravis , an autoimmune disorder that forces her to use a life support system. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In the comic books, Web is a blind, elderly woman who suffers from myasthenia gravis , an autoimmune disorder that forces her to use a life support system. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In the comic books, Web is a blind, elderly woman who suffers from myasthenia gravis , an autoimmune disorder that forces her to use a life support system. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In the comic books, Web is a blind, elderly woman who suffers from myasthenia gravis , an autoimmune disorder that forces her to use a life support system. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"She is currently being tested for myasthenia gravis , a chronic autoimmune disorder that causes skeletal muscles to become weak, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Feb. 2022"
"Myocarditis is inflammation of the myocardium , the muscles in the heart, according to Medline Plus. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Hemorrhagic softening of the myocardium , liver, kidneys and spleen. \u2014 Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star , 2 Aug. 2019"
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"New Latin, from my- + Greek kardia heart \u2014 more at heart":""
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"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
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"borrowed from Greek, combining form of myel\u00f3s \"bone marrow,\" perhaps from my- (base of m\u00fbs \"mouse, muscle,\" my\u1e53n \"cluster of muscles\") + -elos, suffix with various applications, seen also in pimel\u1e17 \"soft fat, lard\" \u2014 more at mouse entry 1":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"David Ellenstein and Marc Silver\u2019s 2005 one-man mystery play is about an actor who makes his living playing Albert Einstein and how the famed physicist\u2019s theories figure into the very real drama in the actor\u2019s personal life. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Likewise my fascination with medieval mystery plays , which dramatized the Old and New Testaments, the production of each biblical tale sponsored by a different guild: the guys who made nails, say, taking charge of staging Jesus\u2019s crucifixion. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2019",
"In Germany, mystery plays were performed on Christmas Eve, traditionally celebrated in the church calendar as the feast day of Adam and Eve. \u2014 Amanda Foreman, WSJ , 13 Dec. 2018"
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"Patients with myasthenia have muscles that tire out much more quickly than normal. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Keung wasn\u2019t certain that the patient had myasthenia . \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
"That doctor argued that although myasthenia often causes weakness in the muscles of the eyes and mouth \u2014 not unlike what this woman had \u2014 that weakness usually comes and goes. \u2014 Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times , 26 Sep. 2017",
"His death at the age of 74 came after a long battle with the physically debilitating illness myasthenia gravis and after a public-service career that spanned four decades. \u2014 Sheldon S. Shafer, The Courier-Journal , 7 July 2017",
"Smith had battled the nerve disease myasthenia gravis for many years. \u2014 Joseph Longo, chicagotribune.com , 6 June 2017",
"Mr. Smith, who had given up performing to manage his wife\u2019s career, had been diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune neuromuscular disease that causes extreme weakness. \u2014 Adam Bernstein, Washington Post , 5 June 2017",
"After a year and a half of tests and several brutal eye surgeries, he was given a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune disease that interferes with the way nerves and muscles communicate. \u2014 Kim Severson, New York Times , 3 July 2017",
"Trollious Harris, who has spent most of her life a few blocks from the Taylors, suffers from myasthenia gravis, another autoimmune condition, which has caused her muscles to weaken. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 19 May 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wild birds can spread diseases such as mycoplasma , infectious bronchitis, Salmonella and other diseases to poultry and vice versa. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
"Labs across the country ruled out several causes, including the bacterial infection mycoplasma , salmonella and other diseases. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Aug. 2021",
"STIs like herpes, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and mycoplasma can also infect and irritate the urethra, the Mayo Clinic explains (so treating the STI could potentially address your UTI as well). \u2014 Patia Braithwaite, SELF , 3 Feb. 2020",
"In 2004 the herd was 200-plus animals strong when members contracted mycoplasma ovipneumoiae, a pneumonia-causing bacteria that killed 70-80% of the animals. \u2014 USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2020",
"In late May, the FDA approved its second mycoplasma genitalium test application for Roche, the Swiss multinational pharmaceutical and diagnostic giant. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Aug. 2019",
"There are many types of mycoplasma bacteria that commonly reside inside the human body, and most don\u2019t appear harmful. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Aug. 2019",
"In the course of her investigation, a host of alternate infections have emerged: not just strep, but bacterial mycoplasma , influenza, sinusitis, pneumonia and others. \u2014 Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine , 29 Mar. 2017",
"The infection is caused by a mycoplasma bacteria that lives in the mouths of sea mammals. \u2014 Ajc Homepage, ajc , 25 May 2017"
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"Mycelia Sterilia":{
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": a group that is usually considered more or less equivalent to an order and that comprises genera of imperfect fungi having no known spore stage and producing sclerotia, rhizomorphs, or simply mycelial masses \u2014 see ozonium , rhizoctonia , sclerotium":[]
"Greek myrmos ant + th\u0113ran to hunt (from th\u0113r wild animal) + English -ine":""
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"\u02c8m\u012b-\u0259-l\u0259n"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As more and more myelin gets destroyed\u2014a process called demyelination1\u2014M.S. symptoms pop up. \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Blocking seizures with the anti-epilepsy drug ethosuximide (sold under the name Zarontin by Pfizer) reduced the thickening of the myelin . \u2014 Jonathan Wosen, STAT , 4 May 2022",
"In this case, your immune system mistakenly attacks your myelin and damages the myelin sheath. \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 7 Mar. 2022",
"When the myelin is damaged, your nerve signals can\u2019t function properly, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Glatiramer acetate is injected under your skin to help prevent your immune system from attacking your myelin . \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 12 Nov. 2021",
"But scientists don\u2019t know if extra myelin is a cause or an effect of misophonia. \u2014 Alison Escalante, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The diagnosis is confirmed if a patient has damaged myelin in at least two areas of the central nervous system and has had at least two relapses, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians. \u2014 Jack Guy, CNN , 11 Aug. 2021",
"The inflammation then damages the myelin that covers and protects the nerve fibers, the Mayo Clinic explains, which can cause sharp pain in the lower back, weakness in the limbs, odd sensations of numbness or tingling, and bowel or bladder issues. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 10 Sep. 2020"
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"borrowed from German Myelin, from Greek myel\u00f3s \"bone marrow\" + German -in -in entry 1 \u2014 more at myelo-":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It had recently been linked with acute flaccid myelitis . \u2014 Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American , 16 Feb. 2022",
"According to a paper that came out last week, the missing-in-action list also includes enterovirus D68, a likely culprit behind the polio-like kids\u2019 disease acute flaccid myelitis . \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 16 Mar. 2021",
"The record will mark their third without founding member Joey Jordison who was removed from the band\u2019s lineup in 2013 citing transverse myelitis , a form of multiple sclerosis that hindered his ability to perform. \u2014 Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone , 18 Jan. 2022",
"After he was diagnosed with transverse myelitis , treatment began immediately. \u2014 David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The condition Ardis referenced is called acute flaccid myelitis , or AFM. \u2014 Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY , 16 Sep. 2021",
"One person developed transverse myelitis , a rare but potentially serious neurological condition. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 8 Dec. 2020",
"In the lead-up to his exit from the group, Jordison was hospitalized in 2012 and was diagnosed with transverse myelitis , which impacted his legs. \u2014 Jolie Lash, EW.com , 27 July 2021",
"Transverse myelitis can result from a number of causes that set off the body\u2019s inflammatory responses, including viral infections, said Dr. Gabriella Garcia, a neurologist at Yale New Haven Hospital. \u2014 Katie Thomas, New York Times , 8 Sep. 2020"
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"borrowed from New Latin (in German context), from Greek myel\u00f3s \"bone marrow\" + New Latin -itis -itis \u2014 more at myelo-":""
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"Impact Biomedicines focuses on treatments for patients with related cancers that are classified as myeloproliferative neoplasms, according to the company\u2019s website. \u2014 Reuters, sandiegouniontribune.com , 7 Jan. 2018"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the pending merger of Sprint and T-Mobile, our myrmidons have a chance to do better. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 11 May 2018",
"OK, first of all, George III didn't have myrmidons . \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 20 Mar. 2014"
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"Middle English Mirmydon , Latin Myrmidon-, Myrmido , from Greek Myrmid\u014dn":""
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