| mead | 1. A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast, etc.; metheglin; hydromel. 2. A drink composed of sirup of sarsaparilla or other flavoring extract, and water. It is sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas. Origin: OE. Mede, AS. Meodo; akin to D. Mede, G. Met, meth, OHG. Metu, mitu, Icel. Mjor, Dan. Miod, Sw. Mjod, Russ. Med', Lith. Midus, W. Medd, Gr. Wine, Skr. Madhu honey, a sweet drink, as adj, sweet. Cf. Metheglin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| mead-johnson nutritionals | A division of the Mead-Johnson Corporation and maker of Enfamil (R), ProSobee (R), Nutramigen (R), LactoFree (R) and other fine infant nutritional products. (27 Sep 1997) |
| meadow | Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. "Fat meadow ground." For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the Vocabulary. Meadow beauty. <botany> The common or jack snipe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| meadow dermatitis | A photoallergic reaction to contact with a plant containing furocoumarin in which the bizarre configuration of the eruption is that of the streaky pattern of the plant contact; often occurs after sunbathing. Synonym: phytophlyctodermatitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Meadows' syndrome | <syndrome> Cardiomyopathy developing during pregnancy or the puerperium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Meadows, William Robert | <person> U.S. Cardiologist, *1919. See: Meadows' syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meadowwort | <botany> The name of several plants of the genus Spiraea, especially the white- or pink-flowered S. Salicifolia, a low European and American shrub, and the herbaceous S. Ulmaria, which has fragrant white flowers in compound cymes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |