| molasses | <chemistry> A brownish, syrupy by-product which is produced during the sugar refining procedure, i.e., crystallization of sucrose from sugar-cane or sugar beet. Molasses is primarily consist of sucrose, water and inorganic components. Because of its cheap price, it is commercial used as substrate for producing other microbial products. (10 Jan 1998) |
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| mold | A large group of fungi (like Penicillium) that cause mold (as on bread or cheese). A common trigger for allergies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mold guide | A guide used to specify the shape of artificial teeth, or of an artificial tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| molding | Shaping by means of a mold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mole | <dermatology> A benign pigmented skin lesion or nevus. (27 Sep 1997) |
| mole fraction | The ratio of the moles of one component of a system to the total moles of all the components present. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mole rats | Any of several burrowing rodents of the families muridae and bathyergidae, found in eastern europe, africa, and asia. They have short limbs, small eyes with permanently closed lids, and no tail. Three genera spalax (muridae), heterocephalus (bathyergidae) and cryptomys (bathyergidae) are used frequently as experimental animals in biomedical research. (12 Dec 1998) |
| molebut | <zoology> The sunfish (Orthagoriscus, or Mola). Alternative forms: molebat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| molecast | A little elevation of earth made by a mole; a molehill. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| molech | The fire god of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Moloch. Origin: Heb. Molek king. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| molecular | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to or composed of molecules: a very small mass of matter. (18 Nov 1997) |
| molecular behaviour | <psychology> Behaviour described in small response units rather than larger ones; a specific response. Compare: molar behaviour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| molecular biology | <study> The study of the biochemistry of cells, it is closely linked to cell biology, in particular the biochemistry of DNA and cogeners. (16 Dec 1997) |
| molecular biophysics | Biophysics concerned with membrane processes, conformational and configurational properties of macromolecules, bioelectrical phenomena, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| molecular chaperones | A family of cellular proteins that mediate the correct assembly or disassembly of other polypeptides, and in some cases their assembly into oligomeric structures, but which are not components of those final structures. It is believed that chaperone proteins assist polypeptides to self-assemble by inhibiting alternative assembly pathways that produce nonfunctional structures. Some classes of molecular chaperones are the nucleoplasmins, the chaperonins, the heat-shock proteins 70, and the heat-shock proteins 90. (12 Dec 1998) |