| moder | 1. A mother. 2. The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed. Origin: OE. See Mother female parent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| moderate hypothermia | A body temperature of 23-32캜. Induced by surface cooling. (05 Mar 2000) |
| moderator band | One of the trabeculae carneae in the right ventricle of the heart; it carries part of the right branch of the A-V bundle from the septum to the anterior papillary muscle on the opposite wall of the ventricle. Synonym: trabecula septomarginalis, moderator band, Reil's band. (05 Mar 2000) |
| moderator variable | A variable that interacts by virtue of being antecedent or intermediate in the causal pathway. (05 Mar 2000) |
| moderatress | A female moderator. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| moderatrix | A female moderator. Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| modern genetics | That body of method and analysis that perceives genetics as the study of the economy of nucleic acids and associated compounds. (05 Mar 2000) |