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mount	1. A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry. 2. A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. "Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem." (Jer. Vi. 6) 3. [See Mont de piete] A bank; a fund. Mount of piety. See Mont de piete. Origin: OE. Munt, mont, mount, AS. Munt, fr. L. Mons, montis; cf. L. Minae protections, E. Eminent, menace: cf. F. Mont. Cf. Mount, Mountain, Mont, Monte, Montem. 1. To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up. "Though Babylon should mount up to heaven." (Jer. Li. 53) "The fire of trees and houses mounts on high." (Cowley) 2. To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding. 3. To attain in value; to amount. "Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions, see to what they mount." (Pope) Origin: OE. Mounten, monten, F. Monter, fr. L. Mons, montis, mountain. See Mount, (above). That upon which a person or thing is mounted, as: A horse. "She had so good a seat and hand, she might be trusted with any mount." (G. Eliot) The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting. Origin: From Mount. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
mountain	1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer. 2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great. "The high, the mountain majesty of worth. <zoology>" (Byron) Mountain anthelope, the goral. <botany> Mountain ash, a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the genus Geotrygon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
mountain anaemia	Term sometimes used for mountain sickness. (05 Mar 2000)
mountain balm	The dried leaves of Eriodictyon californicum (family Hydrophyllaceae); the fluidextract and the syrup have been used as an expectorant and to mask the taste of bitter substances. Synonym: mountain balm, yerba santa. (05 Mar 2000)
mountain disease	A term that can mean acute altitude sickness; also used for chronic disease characterised by low oxygen saturation of haemoglobin, due to low partial pressure of oxygen in inspired air plus alveolar hypoventilation that develops in some individuals, especially older people. Polycythemia leads to florid skin colour but cyanosis appears on mild exertion, along with dyspnea, fatigue, headache, and mental torpor. A person so afflicted returns to normal shortly after return to lower altitude. (05 Mar 2000)
mountain fever	A rare acute viral infection transmitted via a tick bite (Dermacentor andersoni). Disease is limited to the western United States, particularly Colorado. The incubation period is 3-6 days. Symptoms include fever (that may abate and then recur), sweats, chills, joint pains, headache, photophobia, nausea, vomiting, rash and weakness. Treatment includes tick removal and acetaminophen to control fever. The disease is generally self-limited and nonserious. (27 Sep 1997)
mountain sickness	A condition that results from prolonged exposure to high altitude. Symptoms include a continuous dry cough, shortness of breath, poor exercise tolerance, dizziness, headache, sleep difficulty, anorexia, confusion, fatigue and a rapid pulse. Treatment includes the immediate movement to a lower altitude. Prophylaxis has been accomplished successfully with the use of acetazolamide (Diamox). (27 Sep 1997)
mountain tick fever	A rare acute viral infection transmitted via a tick bite (Dermacentor andersoni). Disease is limited to the western United States, particularly Colorado. The incubation period is 3-6 days. Symptoms include fever (that may abate and then recur), sweats, chills, joint pains, headache, photophobia, nausea, vomiting, rash and weakness. Treatment includes tick removal and acetaminophen to control fever. The disease is generally self-limited and nonserious. (27 Sep 1997)
mountaineering	A sport involving mountain climbing techniques. (12 Dec 1998)
mountebank	1. One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor. "Such is the weakness and easy credulity of men, that a mountebank . Is preferred before an able physician." (Whitlock) 2. Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack. "Nothing so impossible in nature but mountebanks will undertake." (Arbuthnot) Origin: It. Montimbanco, montambanco; montare to mount + in in, upon + banco bench. See Mount, and 4th Bank. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
mounting	In dentistry, the laboratory procedure of attaching the maxillary and/or mandibular cast to an articulator. (05 Mar 2000)
mounting medium	<microscopy> Any liquid, polymer, resin, melt, or even gas used to mount microscopical specimens before examination. The chief attributes of a mounting medium are refractive index, viscosity, lack of colour and long-term chemical stability. (05 Aug 1998)