| 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) |
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| 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) |
| water meadow | <agriculture> A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being overflowed with water from some adjoining river or stream. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| beige mouse | A mouse strain typified by beige hair and lymphadenopathy, reticulum cell neoplasms and giant lysosomal granules in leukocytes. May be the murine equivalent of Chediak Higashi syndrome of man. (18 Nov 1997) |
| mammary tumour viruses, mouse | The type species of mammalian type b retroviruses (retroviruses type b, mammalian) commonly latent in mice. It causes mammary adenocarcinoma when in a genetically susceptible strain of mice and when the appropriate hormonal influences operate. (12 Dec 1998) |
| water mouse | <zoology> Any one of several species of mice belonging to the genus Hydromys, native of Australia and Tasmania. Their hind legs are strong and their toes partially webbed. They live on the borders of streams, and swim well. They are remarkable as being the only rodents found in Australia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mouse | Origin: OE. Mous, mus, AS. Mus, pl. M<ymac/s; akin to D. Muis, G. Maus, OHG. & Icel. Mus, Dan. Muus, Sw. Mus, Russ. Muishe, L. Mus, Gr. My^s, Skr. Mush mouse, mush to steal. 277. Cf. Muscle, Musk. 1. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridae. The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed, or deer, mouse (Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse. 2. A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping. Same as 2d Mousing. 3. A familiar term of endearment. 4. A dark-coloured swelling caused by a blow. 5. A match used in firing guns or blasting. Field mouse, Flying mouse, etc. See Field, Flying, etc. Mouse bird, the piece of beef cut from the part next below the round or from the lower part of the latter. Synonym: mouse buttock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mouse antialopecia factor | A member of the vitamin B complex necessary for growth of yeast and of mice, absence from the diet causes hair loss and dermatitis in mice. (27 Sep 1997) |
| mouse cancer | Any of various types of malignant neoplasms that occur naturally in mice, especially in certain inbred "c. Strains" used for research studies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mouse-ear | <botany> The forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris) and other species of the same genus. A European species of hawkweed (Hieracium Pilosella). Mouse-ear chickweed, a name of two common species of chickweed (Cerastium vulgarium, and C. Viscosum). Mouse-ear cress, a low cruciferous herb (Sisymbrium Thaliana). All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mouse encephalomyelitis | Encephalomyelitis due to the mouse encephalomyelitis virus (a species of Enterovirus) which is not pathogenic in monkeys or in man, but attacks mouse colonies and causes a flaccid paralysis, usually of the hind limbs. Synonym: mouse poliomyelitis, Theiler's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mouse encephalomyelitis virus | A virus of the genus Enterovirus, family Picornaviridae, normally associated with inapparent infections and found in the intestinal tracts of infected mice, occasionally causing mouse encephalomyelitis in experimentally inoculated susceptible mice. Synonym: mouse poliomyelitis virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mouse hepatitis | A form of hepatitis in mice due to synergism between the mouse hepatitis virus and Eperythrozoon coccoides. Synonym: murine hepatitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mouse hepatitis virus | A coronavirus, in the family Coronaviridae, that in the presence of Eperythrozoon coccoides causes fatal hepatitis in newly weaned mice; otherwise causes inapparent infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mouse leukaemia viruses | Retroviruses of the murine leukaemia-sarcoma complex that produce leukaemia and sometimes lymphosarcomas in mice, including the Abelron, Gross, Moloney, Friend, and Rauscher strains of virus; they have been isolated from inbred mice having high incidence of spontaneous lymphoid leukaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |