MILIEU (milieux)

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Irregular inflected form: milieux   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does milieu mean? 

• MILIEU (noun)
  The noun MILIEU has 1 sense:

1. the environmental condition

  Familiarity information: MILIEU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILIEU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The environmental condition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

milieu; surroundings

Hypernyms ("milieu" is a kind of...):

environment (the totality of surrounding conditions)

 Context examples 

A receptor protein that is localized to the plasma membrane and may have exposure to the extracellular milieu.

(Cell Surface Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, eosinophilic granuloma is characterised by the presence of Langerhans cells in a characteristic milieu which includes histiocytes, eosinophiles neutrophiles, and small, mature lymphocytes.

(Eosinophilic Granuloma, NCI Thesaurus)

pH homeostasis is one of numerous control systems that are involved in keeping the body's internal milieu consistent within a narrow range of variation and are important to the continuation of life.

(pH Homeostasis, NCI Thesaurus)

They not only provide physical support, but also respond to injury, regulate the ionic and chemical composition of the extracellular milieu, participate in the blood-brain and blood-retina barriers, form the myelin insulation of nervous pathways, guide neuronal migration during development, and exchange metabolites with neurons.

(Glial cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This is how it runs: 'A le moult puissant et moult honorable chevalier, Sir Nigel Loring de Christchurch, de son tres fidele ami Sir Claude Latour, capitaine de la Compagnie blanche, chatelain de Biscar, grand seigneur de Montchateau, vavaseur de le renomme Gaston, Comte de Foix, tenant les droits de la haute justice, de la milieu, et de la basse.'

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)