name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈmaɪræk/
mīʹrăk
mēʹrăk
1
name
Meaning 1
A red giant, visible as a second-magnitude orange-red star marking the waist or girdle of the chained woman in the northern constellation of Andromeda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 2
The abdominal wall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: medicine, sciences
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History
Etymology
Perhaps a corruption of Arabic مِئْزَر (miʔzar).
From Medieval Latin mirac, mirach, from Arabic مَرَقّ (maraqq, “delicate and sensible part of the venter”), from رَقَّ (raqqa, “to be soft”).