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Jay Siwek, M.D. Middletown, Connecticut Body English The early anatomists must have enjoyed their work, for, at least, they seemed to have brightened the tedious task of dissecting as shown by the wit they used in naming the myriad parts of the body.

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  1. adjective Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable: the myriad fish in the ocean.
  2. adjective Composed of numerous diverse elements or facets: the myriad life of the metropolis.
  3. noun A vast number: the myriads of bees in the hive.
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  • Jay Siwek, M.D. Middletown, Connecticut Body English The early anatomists must have enjoyed their work, for, at least, they seemed to have brightened the tedious task of dissecting as shown by the wit they used in naming the myriad parts of the body. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 1
  • And you have the right of it, a trader hears much. —  Arrow's Fall
  • Some called the myriad worlds of the multiverse the Shadow Realm or the Dream Worlds. —  The Skrayling Tree
  • A shadow crossed Dr. Perry's vividly blue eyes, as if she were recalling the myriad people who couldn't be counted on. —  The Delicate Storm
  • Performance stress, weather variances, changes in terrain, everything I could think of. " —  Achille's Choice
 

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  1. Greek mūrias, mūriad-, ten thousand, from mūrios, countless.

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  1. = French myriade = Portuguese myriada = Italian miriade, from Greek μυριάς; (μυριαδ-), a number of ten thousand, from μυρίος, numberless, countless; as a def. numeral, μύριοι, plural, ten thousand.
 

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