Phrase Hound found 6 phrases and 424 compound words that contain meso. The most common are listed below. Open meso in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 6
- meso-regionAn administrative system that is equivalent to a prefecture or a department. It is used in Brazil as a third-level administration between state and micro-region.
- meso compoundAlternative form of mesocompound: Any achiral compound that has two or more chiral centres
- meso isomerAlternative form of mesoisomer: Any achiral compound that has two or more chiral centres
- meso-zeaxanthinA xanthophyll carotenoid, and is one of the three stereoisomers of zeaxanthin.
- meso-regionsplural of meso-region: An administrative system that is equivalent to a prefecture or a department. It is used in Brazil as a third-level administration between state and micro-region.
- meso-adenohypophysisAlternative form of mesoadenohypophysis: The intermediate lobe of the adenohypophysis.
Compound words 424
- mesonThe mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves.
- MesozoicOf a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon that comprises the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods from about 230 to 65 million years ago, when life on earth was dominated by reptiles.
- mesodermOne of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce, through development, many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and the circulatory system.
- MesoamericaA pre-Columbian cultural region extending from southern Mexico to roughly the area that comprises modern Honduras and El Salvador.
- mesosphereThe layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere.
- mesenchymeThat part of the mesoderm of an embryo that develops into connective tissue, bone, cartilage, etc
- mesotrophicproviding intermediate (right) level of nutrients and minerals, nor eutrophic (too high), nor oligotrophic (too low level).
- mesocarpThe middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit. In many fruits such as drupes and tomatoes, the mesocarp is fleshy
- mesostateAn intermediate physical state of matter between solid and liquid, in which the molecules have more freedom of movement than when locked in a crystal lattice, but less freedom of movement than when in the liquid state.
- mesothoraxThe middle of the three segments of the thorax of an insect, carrying the second pair of legs, and the forewings when present.