| MAG protein | <protein> Myelin associated glycoprotein, one of the immunoglobulin superfamily. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| magainin | <protein> Peptides of about 20 amino acid residues with antimicrobial activity, found in amphibian skin. Probably have membrane insertion and lytic properties. Sequence related to melittin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| magaldrate | A chemical combination of aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide, used as an antacid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| magazine | 1. A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. "Armories and magazines." 2. The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship. 3. A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece. 4. A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions. Magazine dress, clothing made chiefly of woolen, without anything metallic about it, to be worn in a powder magazine. Magazine gun, a portable firearm, as a rifle, with a chamber carrying cartridges which are brought automatically into position for firing. Magazine stove, a stove having a chamber for holding fuel which is supplied to the fire by some self-feeding process, as in the common base-burner. Origin: F. Magasin, It. Magazzino, or Sp. Magacen, almagacen; all fr. Ar. Makhzan, almakhzan, a storehouse, granary, or cellar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| magdaleon | <medicine> A medicine in the form of a roll, a especially. A roll of plaster. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Crumb of bread, fr. To knead. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| magellanic | Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan, the navigator. <astronomy> Magellenic clouds, three conspicuous nebulae near the south pole, resembling thin white clouds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Magendie's foramen | The large midline opening in the posterior inferior part of the roof of the fourth ventricle, connecting the ventricle with the cerebellomedullary cistern. Synonym: apertura mediana ventriculi quarti, arachnoid foramen, Magendie's foramen, median aperture of the fourth ventricle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Magendie's law | The ventral spinal roots are motor, the dorsal are sensory. Synonym: Bell-Magendie law, Magendie's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Magendie's spaces | Space's between the pia and arachnoid at the level of the fissures of the brain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Magendie, Francois | <person> French physiologist, 1783-1855. See: Magendie's foramen, Bell-Magendie law, Magendie's law, Magendie's spaces, Magendie-Hertwig sign, Magendie-Hertwig syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Magendie-Hertwig sign | <clinical sign> Skew deviation of the eyes in acute cerebellar lesions. Synonym: Magendie-Hertwig syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Magendie-Hertwig syndrome | <clinical sign> Skew deviation of the eyes in acute cerebellar lesions. Synonym: Magendie-Hertwig syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| magenstrasse | Synonym: gastric canal. Origin: Ger. Magen, stomach, + Strasse, road (05 Mar 2000) |
| magenta | <chemistry> An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface colour, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the colour; so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Synonym: fuchsine, roseine, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| magenta tongue | Purplish red colouration of the tongue, with oedema and flattening of the filiform papillae, occurring in riboflavin deficiency. Compare: cyanosis. (05 Mar 2000) |