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mes-

American  
  1. variant of meso- before vowels.

    mesencephalon.


mes- British  

combining form

  1. a variant of meso-

    mesarch

    mesencephalon

    mesenteron

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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To explain litspam, recall the problem of false positives: legitimate mes- sages misfiled as spam.

From Scientific American Jun. 19, 2013

Last week he sent Suwar al Dahab a mes- sage wishing him good luck.

From Time Magazine Archive

His angels, or mes- 567:27 sages, are cast out with their author.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker

When He commissions a mes-         senger, it is one who is spiritually near Himself.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker

The error, mes-         merism - or hypnotism, to use the recent term 402:24 - illustrates the fact just stated.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker

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