mes-

pref.

Variant of meso-.

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mes-

combining form

a variant of meso-: mesarch; mesencephalon; mesenteron.

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meso-

a combining form meaning “middle”: mesoderm. Also, esp. before a vowel, mes-.

[comb. form representing Greek mésos middle, in the middle; akin to Latin medius; see mid¹]

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Although she may not be aware of it, she is an instrument of God, bearing the mes- sage of truth."

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For a long time my brother stared out of the window in blank astonishment, watching the policemen hammering at door after door, and delivering their incomprehensible mes- sage.

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The invention of the telephone taught the Genie of Electricity to do better than to carry mes- sages in the sign language of the dumb.