myc-

1. variant of myco- before a vowel.

   mycelium.

myc-

combining form

1. a variant of myco-

Example Sentences

Even so, MYC is not likely to be the basis of a new therapy for sarcopenia or a performance-enhancing drug.

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MYC regulates roughly 15 percent of the estimated 20,000 genes in the human body, meaning it could have unpredictable downstream effects involving thousands of genes.

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When human muscles are exercised, MYC is found to increase transiently in abundance over 24 hours.

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But as we age, the MYC response to exercise is blunted, perhaps explaining a reduced ability to recover from exercise and maintain or gain muscle.

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The second half examines the use of mouse models to determine if controlled doses, or pulses, of MYC within skeletal muscles would be enough to stimulate muscle growth independent of actual exercise.

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When To Use

What does myc- mean?

Myc- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “mushroom, fungus.” It is used in many medical and scientific terms, especially in biology—as well as in a branch of biology known as mycology, as we’ll discuss below.Myc- comes from the Greek mýkēs, meaning “mushroom, fungus.”Myc- is a variant of myco-, which loses its -o- when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels.The closely related combining forms myceto- and -mycete both also indicate "mushroom, fungus.” The combining form -mycin used in the names of antibiotics, usually those derived from fungi.Want to know more? Read our Words That Use myco-, myceto-, -mycete, and -mycin articles.