| MAIN | medication-induced, autoimmune, infectious, and neoplastic [diseases associated with antiphospholipid antibodies] |
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| ABO | Three Main Blood Types |
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| LMB | Left Main Bronchus |
| RMB | Right Main Bronchus |
| LMB | left main bronchus; leiomyoblastoma; leukomethylene blue |
| LMC | large motile cell; lateral motor column; left main coronary [artery]; left middle cerebral [artery];... |
| LM | Left main |
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| LMCA | Left main coronary artery |
| LMT | Left main trunk |
| MIR | Main Immunogenic Region |
| MPD | Main pancreatic duct |
| main | 1. Very or extremely strong. "That current with main fury ran." (Daniel) 2. Vast; huge. "The main abyss." 3. Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer. "It's a man untruth." . 4. Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc. "Our main interest is to be happy as we can." (Tillotson) 5. Important; necessary. "That which thou aright Believest so main to our success, I bring." (Milton) By main force, by mere force or sheer force; by violent effort; as, to subdue insurrection by main force. "That Maine which by main force Warwick did win." (Shak) By main strength, by sheer strength; as, to lift a heavy weight by main strength. Main beam, the principal or true keel of a vessel, as distinguished from the false keel. Synonym: Principal, chief, leading, cardinal, capital. Origin: From Main strength, possibly influenced by OF. Maine, magne, great, L. Magnus. Cf. Magnate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| main d'accoucheur | Position of the hand in tetany or in muscular dystrophy; the fingers are flexed at the metacarpophalangeal joints and extended at the phalangeal joints, with the thumb flexed and adducted into the palm; in resemblance to the position of the physician's hand in making a vaginal examination. Synonym: main d'accoucheur, obstetrical hand. (05 Mar 2000) |
| main en crochet | A permanent flexure of the fourth and fifth fingers, resembling the hand of a woman crocheting with three fingers bent to guide the thread. (05 Mar 2000) |
| main en griffe | Atrophy of the interosseous muscles of the hand with hyperextension of the metacarpophalangeal joints and flexion of the interphalangeal joints. Synonym: main en griffe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| main en lorgnette | A deformity of the hand seen in chronic absorptive arthritis, the fingers and wrists being shortened and the covering skin wrinkled into transverse folds; the phalanges appear to be retracted into one another like an opera glass or miniature telescope. Synonym: main en lorgnette. (05 Mar 2000) |
| main fourchee | A congenital deformity in which the division between the fingers, especially between the third and fourth, extends into the metacarpal region. See: lobster-claw deformity. Synonym: main fourchee, split hand. (05 Mar 2000) |
| main succulente | Oedema of the hand with coldness and lividity of the skin, observed in syringomyelia. Synonym: main succulente. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mainframe | A large digital computer, such as would be used in a hospital for information management. Compare: mini. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mainstreaming | Providing the least restrictive environment (socially, physically, and educationally) for chronically disabled individuals by introducing them into the natural environment rather than segregating them into homogeneous groups living in sheltered environments under constant supervision. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maintain | 1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation. 2. To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish. "God values . . . Every one as he maintains his post." (Grew) 3. To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail. "Maintain talk with the duke." (Shak) 4. To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed. "Glad, by his labour, to maintain his life." (Stirling) "What maintains one vice would bring up two children." (Franklin) 5. To affirm; to support or defend by argument. "It is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to be maintained by it." (South) Synonym: To assert, vindicate, allege. See Assert. Origin: OE. Maintenen, F. Maintenir, properly, to hold by the hand; main hand (L. Manus) + F. Tenir to hold (L.tenere). See Manual, and Tenable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| maintainer | A device utilised to hold or keep teeth in a given position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maintenance | The upkeep of property or equipment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maintenance and engineering, hospital | Hospital department whose primary function is the upkeep and supervision of the buildings and grounds and the maintenance of hospital physical plant and equipment which requires engineering expertise. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maintenance dose | In chemotherapy, systematic dosage at a level that maintains protection against exacerbation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maintenance drug therapy | In chemotherapy, systematic dosage at a level that maintains protection against exacerbation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right main bronchus | It arises at the bifurcation of the trachea and enters the hilum of the right lung, giving off the superior lobe bronchus and continuing downward to give off the middle and inferior lobe bronchi. It is shorter, of greater caliber, and more nearly-vertical than the left main bronchus, thus, aspirated objects more frequently lodge on the right side. Synonym: bronchus principalis dexter. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| left main bronchus | It arises at the bifurcation of the trachea, passes in front of the oesophagus and enters the hilum of the left lung where it divides into a superior lobe bronchus and an inferior lobe bronchus. It is longer, of narrower caliber, and more nearly-horizontal than the right main bronchus, hence, aspirated objects enter it less frequently. Synonym: bronchus principalis sinister. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms :
Synonyms : Mainstreaming, Mainstreamings, Mainstreamings (Education)
Synonyms : Maintenances
Synonyms : Groundskeeping, Hospital, Hospital Landscaping, Hospital Maintenance and Engineering, Maintenance, Hospital
| main |
chief(a): most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets" any very large body of (salt) water independent: (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb" a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage main(a): of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength"
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| maintain |
keep: keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes" conserve: keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts" sustain: supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep" assert: state categorically wield: have and exercise; "wield power and authority" keep: maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips" keep: maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" state or assert; "He maintained his innocence" uphold: support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict" observe: observe correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"
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| maintainer |
upholder: someone who upholds or maintains; "firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy"
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| maintenance |
care: activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care" means of maintenance of a family or group alimony: court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated sustenance: the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment" the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community; "unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit"
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| mainstream |
the prevailing current of thought; "his thinking was in the American mainstream"
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| MAIN | a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage |
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| MAIN | any very large body of (salt) water |
| MAIN | (grammar) of a clause |
| MAIN | most important element |
| MAIN | of force |
| MAIN | a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence |
| MAIN | a square mainsail |
| MAIN | the principal dish of a meal |
| MAIN | the uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel |
| MAIN | the diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entry |
| MAIN | (informal) the main street of a town or city |
| MAIN | the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary |
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