| marc | The refuse matter which remains after the pressure of fruit, particularly of grapes. Origin: F. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Marcacci's muscle | <anatomy> A sheet of smooth muscle fibres underlying the areola and nipple of the mammary gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Marcacci, Arturo | <person> Italian physiologist, 1854-1915. See: Marcacci's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marcasite | <chemical> A sulphide of iron resembling pyrite or common iron pyrites in composition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites. Golden marcasite, tin. Origin: F. Marcassite; cf. It. Marcassita, Sp. Marquesita, Pg. Marquezita; all fr. Ar. Marqashitha. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| marcescent | Withering without falling off. (09 Oct 1997) |
| march | A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and Wales. "Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions France, Savoy, and Switzerland." (Fuller) "Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate isles." (Tennyson) Origin: OE. Marche, F. Marche; of German origin; cf. OHG. Marcha, G. Mark, akin to OS. Marka, AS. Mearc, Goth. Marka, L. Margo edge, border, margin, and possibly to E. Mark a sign. 106. Cf. Margin, Margrave, Marque, Marquis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| march fracture | <radiology> Stress or fatigue fracture of the metatarsals, seen in military recruits (associated with marching) (12 Dec 1998) |
| march haemoglobinuria | A form occurring after marathon races, protracted marching, or heavy physical exercise. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Marchand's adrenals | Small collections of accessory adrenal tissue in the broad ligament of the uterus or in the testes. Synonym: Marchand's rest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Marchand's rest | Small collections of accessory adrenal tissue in the broad ligament of the uterus or in the testes. Synonym: Marchand's rest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Marchand's wandering cell | A cell of the mononuclear phagocyte system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Marchand, Felix | <person> German pathologist, 1846-1928. See: Marchand's adrenals, Marchand's rest, Marchand's wandering cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Marchant's zone | The area on the sphenoid and occipital bones at the base of the skull from which the dura mater is readily detached. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Marchant, Gerard | <person> French surgeon, 1850-1903. See: Marchant's zone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Marchesani, Oswald | <person> 1900-1952. See: Weill-Marchesani syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Amsler, Marc | <person> Swiss ophthalmologist, 1891-1968. See: Amsler's chart, Amsler test. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Blatin, Marc | <person> French physician, *1878. See: Blatin's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |