| MIT | <abbreviation> Monoiodotyrosine. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Mitchell | Silas Weir, U.S. Neurologist, poet, and novelist, 1829-1914. See: Mitchell's disease, Mitchell's treatment, Gerhardt-Mitchell disease, Weir Mitchell's disease, Weir Mitchell treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mitchell's disease | Disease marked by paroxysmal, bilateral vasodilatation, particularly of the extremities, with burning pain, and increased skin temperature and redness. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Mitchell's treatment | Treatment of mental illness by rest, nourishing diet, and a change of environment. Synonym: Weir Mitchell treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mite | 1. <zoology> A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina. 2. [D. Mijt; prob. The same word] A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. The name is also applied to a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ. "Two mites, which make a farthing." (Mark xii. 49) 3. A small weight; one twentieth of a grain. 4. Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. "For in effect they be not worth a myte." (Chaucer) Origin: AS. Mite mite (in sense 1); akin to LG. Mite, D. Mijt, G. Miete, OHG. Miza; cf. Goth. Maitan to cut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mite infestations | Infestations with arthropods of the order acarina other than the suborder ixodides. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mite typhus | See Typhus, scrub. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mite-born typhus | A mild infectious disease first observed in new york city caused by rickettsia akari, transmitted from its mouse host by chigger or adult mite bites. There is fever, a dark spot that becomes a small ulcer at the site of the bite, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) in that region, and a raised blistery (vesicular) rash. Also known as vesicular rickettsiosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mite-borne typhus | Scrub: typhus, a mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with fever, headache, a raised (macular) rash, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and a dark crusted ulcer (called an eschar or tache noire) at the site of the chigger (mite larva) bite. This disease occurs in the area bounded by japan, india, and Australia. Known also as tsutsugamushi disease and tropical typhus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mitella | A sling for the arm. Origin: L. Dim. Of mitra, a bandage, band (05 Mar 2000) |
| miterwort | <botany> Any plant of the genus Mitella, slender, perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's cap. False miterwort, a white-flowered perennial herb of the United States (Tiarella cardifolia). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mites | Any arthropod of the order acarina except the ticks. They are minute animals related to the spiders, usually having transparent or semitransparent bodies. They may be parasitic on man and domestic animals, producing various irritations of the skin (acariasis or mite infestations). Many mite species are important to human and veterinary medicine as both parasite and vector. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mithramycin | An antibiotic produced by Streptomyces argillaceus and S. Tanashiensis; possesses antineoplastic activity. Synonym: aureolic acid, mitramycin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mithridate | <medicine> An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison; an alexipharmic; so called from King Mithridates, its reputed inventor. "[Love is] a drop of the true elixir; no mithridate so effectual against the infection of vice." (Southey) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mithridatism | Immunity against the action of a poison produced by small and gradually increasing doses of the same. Origin: Mithridates, King of Pontus (132-63 B.C.), supposedly an unsuccessful suicide (by poison) because of repeated small doses taken to become invulnerable to assassination by poison (05 Mar 2000) |