dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/myc_MW.json

{
  "mycobacterium":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of a genus ( Mycobacterium ) of nonmotile aerobic acid-fast bacteria that include numerous saprophytes and the pathogens causing tuberculosis and leprosy":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccm\u012b-k\u014d-bak-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259m",
      "-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1909, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012616"
  },
  "mycoplasma-like organism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": phytoplasma":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1967, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035420"
  },
  "mycelium":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "m\u012b-\u02c8s\u0113-l\u0113-\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from New Latin, from myc- (from base of Greek myk\u0113t-, m\u00fdk\u0113s \"mushroom, fungus\") + -el- (of unknown origin) + -ium -ium \u2014 more at myco-":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1836, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055054"
  },
  "Mycenae":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "ancient city in southern Greece in the northeastern part of the Peloponnese":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "m\u012b-\u02c8s\u0113-(\u02cc)n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-073755"
  },
  "Mycenaean":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of Mycenae , its people, or the period (1400 to 1100 b.c. ) of Mycenae's political ascendancy":[],
      ": characteristic of the Bronze Age Mycenaean culture of the eastern Mediterranean area":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccm\u012b-s\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093819"
  },
  "mycet-":{
    "type":[
      "combining form"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": fungus":[
        "myceto colous",
        "myceto genetic",
        "mycet oma",
        "Myceto zoa"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek myk\u0113t-, myk\u0113s":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102839"
  },
  "mycorrhiza":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the symbiotic association of the mycelium of a fungus with the roots of a seed plant":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccm\u012b-k\u0259-\u02c8r\u012b-z\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from myc- + Greek rhiza root \u2014 more at root":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1886, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115054"
  },
  "mycoplasma":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of a genus ( Mycoplasma of the family Mycoplasmataceae) of pleomorphic gram-negative chiefly nonmotile bacteria that lack a cell wall and are mostly parasitic usually in mammals":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccm\u012b-k\u014d-\u02c8plaz-m\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1955, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191630"
  },
  "mycoplasm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hypothetical hibernating form of various fungi (as rusts) in which the fungus protoplasm is intimately fused with that of dormant structures (as seeds) of the host plant":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8m\u012bk\u0259\u02ccplaz\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin mycoplasma , from myc- + -plasma":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192941"
  },
  "Mycelia Sterilia":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": 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":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "m\u012b\u00a6s\u0113l\u0113\u0259st\u0259\u02c8ril\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, literally, sterile mycelia":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193412"
  },
  "myc-":{
    "type":[
      "combining form"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": fungus":[
        "myco logy",
        "myc osis"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from myc- (from base of Greek myk\u0113t-, m\u00fdk\u0113s \"mushroom, fungus,\" of uncertain origin) + -o- -o-":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222537"
  },
  "Mycale":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "promontory in western Turkey on an inlet of the Aegean Sea opposite Samos Island":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8mi-k\u0259-(\u02cc)l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001937"
  }
}