| mire |
entangle: entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past" a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart" slop: deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop" grind to a halt: be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand" a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from; "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"; "caught in the mire of poverty" soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
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| Mirchamp's sign |
when a sapid substance, such as vinegar, is applied to the mucous membrane of the tongue, a painful reflex secretion of saliva in the gland about to be affected is indicative of sialadenitis, eg, mumps.
Ãâó: www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/thcp_dorlands_conte...
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| mire |
Deep, slimy soil or mud.
Ãâó: collections.ic.gc.ca/ghost/glossary.html
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| Mirapex |
The brand name of a dopamine agonist, pramipexole, made by Pharmacia, which is often used to treat Parkinson's disease
Ãâó: www.michaeljfox.org/parkinsons/glossary.php
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| mire |
(1) General term which embraces all those peat-forming ecosystems described in English by such other terms as bog, fen, carr, muskeg, moor, and peatland. Does not include marshes since they are, by definition, nonpeat-forming and are seasonally flooded. Mires are subdivided into fens and bogs on the basis of the origin and chemistry of their respective water supplies. ...
Ãâó: www.geobotany.uaf.edu/toolikgeobot/definitions.htm...
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