| AFM | aflatoxin M; after fatty meal; American Federation of Musicians |
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| AMPLE | allergies, medications, past medical history, last meal, events preceding present condition |
| BaM | barium meal |
| BM | Bachelor of Medicine; barium meal; basal medium; basal metabolism; basement membrane; basilar membra... |
| FTM | fluid thioglycolate medium; fractional test meal |
| CSM | Cottonseed meal |
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| FM | Fish meal |
| MBM | Meat and Bone Meal |
| SBM | Soybean meal |
| CM | canola meal |
| meal | 1. Grain (especially. Maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. If coarse. 2. Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated. Meal beetle, the larva of a beetle (Tenebrio molitor) which infests granaries, bakehouses, etc, and is very injurious to flour and meal. Origin: OE. Mele, AS. Melu, melo; akin to D. Meel, G. Mehl, OHG. Melo, Icel. Mjol, SW. Mjol, Dan. Meel, also to D. Malen to grind, G. Mahlen, OHG, OS, & Goth. Malan, Icel. Mala, W. Malu, L. Molere, Gr. Mill, and E. Mill. Cf. Mill, Mold soil, Mole an animal, Immolate, Molar. The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the ac or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal. "What strange fish Hath made his meal on thee ?" (Shak) Origin: OE. Mel; akin to E. Meal a part, and to D. Maal time, meal, G. Mal time, mahl meal, Icel. Mal measure, time, meal, Goth. Ml time, and to E. Measure. See Measure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| meal worm | The larva of beetles of the genus Tenebrio; both larvae and adults are important pests, destroying flour, meal, and other cereal products; they are also intermediate hosts of nematodes of the genus Gongylonema, and of various tapeworms of the genus Hymenolepis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mealies | <botany> Maize or Indian corn; the common name in South Africa. Origin: From Mealy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mealy | 1. Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato. 2. Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the mealy wings of an insect. <zoology> Mealy bug, a scale insect (Coccus adonidum, and related species), covered with a white powderlike substance. It is a common pest in hothouses. Origin: Mealier; Mealiest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| barium meal | Oral administration of barium sulfate suspension for radiographic study of the upper gastrointestinal tract (British usage). (05 Mar 2000) |
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| test meal | Toast and tea, or crackers and tea, or gruel or other bland food, given to stimulate gastric secretion before withdrawing gastric contents for analysis, administration of food containing a substance thought to be responsible for symptoms, such as an allergic reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mealworm |
the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae
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| meal |
the food served and eaten at one time any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
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(Physical form) An ingredient which has been ground or otherwise reduced in particle size (AAFCO, 2000).
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When referring to food ingredients, meal means a ground-up preparation. Chicken meal is ground up chicken, which might include bones and feathers. Meat meal means ground up muscle meat.
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[MEEL-werm] a type of slender, hardbodied beetle larva, generally found in grains and cereals, that developes into a type of darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae).
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| meal | coarsely ground foodstuff |
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| meal | the food served and eaten at one time |
| meal | a plan and a room rate for providing meals to guests at a hotel |
| meal | coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a meal |
| meal | (informal) a source of income or livelihood |
| meal | evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries |
| meal | (South African) an ear of corn |
| meal | the time for eating a meal |
| meal | the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae |
| meal | composed of or covered with relatively large particles |
| meal | scale-like plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion |
| meal | Texas sage having intensely blue flowers |
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