| Morel, Benedict | <person> French psychiatrist, 1809-1873. See: Morel's ear, Stewart-Morel syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| morel | <botany> An edible fungus (Morchella esculenta), the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used as food, and for flavoring sauces. Alternative forms: moril. See: Moril. <botany> 1. Nightshade; so called from its blackish purple berries. Alternative forms: morelle. 2. A kind of cherry. See Morello. Great morel, the deadly nightshade. Petty morel, the black nightshade. See Nightshade. See: Morelle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Morel's ear | A large, misshapen, outstanding auricle, with obliterated grooves and thinned edges. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stewart-Morel syndrome | <syndrome> Hyperostosis frontalis interna in elderly women, with obesity and neuropsychiatric disorders of uncertain cause; at least sometimes familial. Synonym: metabolic craniopathy, Stewart-Morel syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Benedict, Francis | <person> U.S. Metabolist, 1870-1957. See: Benedict-Roth apparatus, Benedict-Roth calorimeter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Benedict-Hopkins-Cole reagent | <chemistry> Magnesium glyoxalate, made from a mixture of oxalic acid and magnesium, used for testing proteins for the presence of tryptophan. (12 Aug 2000) |
| Benedict-Roth apparatus | <apparatus, physiology> A device employed to measure the amount of oxygen utilised in quiet breathing in the basal state for the estimation of the basal metabolic rate; the subject rebreathes oxygen through soda lime from a recording spirometer. (14 Aug 2000) |
| Benedict-Roth calorimeter | <apparatus, physiology> A device employed to measure the amount of oxygen utilised in quiet breathing in the basal state for the estimation of the basal metabolic rate; the subject rebreathes oxygen through soda lime from a recording spirometer. (14 Aug 2000) |
| Benedict's solution | <chemistry> An aqueous solution of sodium citrate, sodium carbonate, and copper sulfate which changes from its normal blue colour to orange, red, or yellow in the presence of a reducing sugar such as glucose. See: Benedict's test for glucose. (14 Aug 2000) |
| Benedict, Stanley | <person> U.S. Chemist, 1884-1936. See: Benedict's solution, Benedict's test for glucose, Benedict-Hopkins-Cole reagent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Benedict's test for glucose | <biochemistry> A copper-reduction test for glucose in the urine, which involves thiocyanate in addition to copper sulfate for qualitative or quantitative use. (14 Aug 2000) |
| Stilling, Benedict | <person> German anatomist, 1810-1879. See: Stilling's canal, Stilling's column, Stilling's nucleus, Stilling's raphe, Stilling's gelatinous substance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Duddell, Benedict | <person> 18th century British oculist. See: Duddell's membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |