| mandarin | 1. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam. 2. <botany> A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus nobilis). <chemistry> Mandarin duck, an artificial aniline dyestuff used for colouring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex derivative of quinoline. Origin: Pg. Mandarim, from Malay mantri minister of state, prop. A Hind. Word, fr. Skr. Mantrin a counselor, manira a counsel, man to think. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| mandarining | The process of giving an orange colour to goods formed of animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by colouring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fibre by the action of dilute nitric acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mandate | 1. An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept. "This dream all-powerful Juno; I bear Her mighty mandates, and her words you hear." (Dryden) 2. A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation. 3. A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous. Origin: L. Mandatum, fr. Mandare to commit to one's charge, order, orig, to put into one's hand; manus hand + dare to give: cf. F. Mandat. See Manual, Date a time, and cf. Commend, Maundy Thursday. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mandatory reporting | Legal requirement for physicians and other professionals providing health services to report suspected incidents of abuse and neglect. As mandated reporters, they are generally afforded legal immunity for such reports and most jurisdictions impose a civil or criminal penalty for failure to report. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mandatory testing | Testing or screening required by federal, state, or local law or other agencies for the diagnosis of specified conditions. It is usually limited to specific populations such as categories of health care providers, members of the military, and prisoners or to specific situations such as premarital examinations or donor screening. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mandelate | <chemistry> A salt of mandelic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mandelic | <chemistry> Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance. Synonym: phenyl glycolic acid. Origin: G. Mandel almond. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mandelic acid | C6H5CHOHCOOH;a urinary antibacterial agent (both bactericidal and bacteriostatic). Synonym: hydroxytoluic acid, phenylglycolic acid. Origin: Ger. Mandel, almond (05 Mar 2000) |
| mandelic acids | <chemical> Analogs or derivatives of mandelic acid (alpha-hydroxybenzeneacetic acid). Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, urinary. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Mandelin's reagent | A solution of ammonium vanadate in sulfuric acid, used in colour tests for alkaloids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mandelonitrile lyase | <enzyme> Catalyses the reversible condensation of hcn with aldehydes to form d-alpha-hydroxynitriles; contains fad Registry number: EC 4.1.2.10 Synonym: mandelonitrile benzaldehyde-lyase, oxynitrilase (26 Jun 1999) |
| mandelytropine | <medicine> An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose. Origin: Homo- + atropine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mandible | The jaw bone. (27 Sep 1997) |
| mandibula | Synonym: mandible. Origin: L. A jaw, fr. Mando, pp. Mansus, to chew (05 Mar 2000) |
| mandibular | <dentistry> Pertaining to your lower jaw (08 Jan 1998) |