| mad cow disease |
Known formally as bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The disease causes unsteady gait, nervousness and loss of milk production. The disease swept Europe in the 1980s and 1990s, and its cause has been linked to cattle feed that included ground cattle and sheep remains.
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| madder |
A shrubby herb grown for the dyeing properties of its root. Madder is the basic colorant for Turkey red and the coppery brows of the late 1800s.
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| mad |
multiple anomalous dispersion.
Ãâó: www.ccp4.ac.uk/dist/html/pxmaths/bmg8.html
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| mad |
Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence. [Ambrose Bierce]
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| mad |
Magnetic Anomaly Detector, used to detect submarines
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