| meminna | <zoology> A small deerlet, or chevrotain, of India. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| memoir | 1. <psychology> A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. 2. A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a biography written without special regard to method and completeness. 3. An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society. Origin: F. Memoire, m, memorandum, fr. Memoire, f, memory, L. Memoria. See Memory. (26 Mar 1998) |
| memorize | 1. To cause to be remembered; hence, to record. "They neglect to memorize their conquest." (Spenser) "They meant to . . . Memorize another Golgotha." (Shak) 2. To commit to memory; to learn by heart. Origin: See Memory. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| memory | Complex mental function having four distinct phases: (1) memorizing or learning, (2) retention, (3) recall, and (4) recognition. Clinically, it is usually subdivided into immediate, recent, and remote memory. (12 Dec 1998) |
| memory cell | <immunology> Cells of the immune system that do not respond immediately when it first encounters an antigen but facilitates the more rapid secondary response when the antigen is encountered on a subsequent occasion. The long lasting immune memory is humoral and resides in B-cells, although it appears that persistence of the antigen may be essential. T-cell memory is shorter. (14 Oct 1997) |
| memory disorder | Disturbances in registering an impression, in the retention of an acquired impression or in the recall of an impression. (12 Dec 1998) |
| memory loop | An electronic device for retrieving data that had been stored and/or displayed upon the oscilloscope at an earlier time; used for reviewing electrical events immediately preceding a specific disturbance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| memory span | The maximum number of items recalled after a single presentation (auditory or visual). (05 Mar 2000) |
| memory T-cell | A T-cell that bears receptors for a specific foreign antigen encountered during a prior infection or vaccination. After an infection or a vaccination, some of the T-cells that participated in the response remain as memory T-cells, which can rapidly mobilize and clone themselves should the same antigen be re-encountered during a second infection at a later time. (09 Oct 1997) |
| memory trace | See: engram. (05 Mar 2000) |
| memotine hydrochloride | 3,4-Dihydro-1-[(p-methoxyphenoxy)methyl]isoquinoline hydrochloride;an antiviral drug. (05 Mar 2000) |