| moor | Chiefly British term: an extensive area of open rolling infertile land consisting of sand, rock, or peat usually covered with heather, bracken, coarse grass and sphagnum moss, a boggy area of wasteland usually dominated by grasses and sedges growing in a thick layer of peat. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| moorball | <botany> A fresh water alga (Cladophora aegagropila) which forms a globular mass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Moore's lightning streaks | Photopsia manifested by vertical flashes of light, seen usually on the temporal side of the affected eye, caused by the involutional shrinkage of vitreous humor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Moore's method | Treatment of aneurysm by the introduction of silver or zinc wire into the sac to induce fibrin deposition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Moore, Charles | <person> English surgeon, 1821-1870. See: Moore's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Moore, Robert Foster | <person> British ophthalmologist, 1878-1963. See: Moore's lightning streaks. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mooren's ulcer | Chronic inflammation of the peripheral cornea that slowly progresses centrally with corneal thinning and sometimes perforation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mooren, Albert | <person> German ophthalmologist, 1828-1899. See: Mooren's ulcer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mooress | A female Moor; a Moorish woman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mooruk | <zoology> A species of cassowary (Casuarius Bennetti) found in new Britain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. Its crest is biloted; the neck and breast are black; the back, rufous mixed with black; and the naked skin of the neck, blue. Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |