| mudflat | Flat unvegetated wetlands subject to periodic flooding and minor wave action. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| mudsucker | <zoology> A woodcock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mudwall | <zoology> The European bee-eater. See Bee-eater. Alternative forms: modwall. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mudwort | <botany> A small herbaceous plant growing on muddy shores (Limosella aquatica). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Muehrcke's bands | <clinical sign> Apparent leukonychia with white bands parallel to lanula of the nails, seen in hypoalbuminaemia. Synonym: Muehrcke's bands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Muehrcke's lines | White line's, parallel with the lanula and separated from each other by normal pink areas; associated with hypoalbuminaemia; the line's do not move outward with nail growth, but disappear when the serum albumen returns to normal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Muehrcke, Robert | <person> See: Muehrcke's lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mueller | U.S. Manufacturer of surgical instruments. See: Mueller electronic tonometer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mueller electronic tonometer | A Schiotz type tonometer that electronically indicates the extent of corneal indentation; may also have an attached recorder for continuous pressure readings (tonography). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mueller-Hinton agar | Medium containing beef infusion, peptone, and starch used primarily for the disk-agar diffusion method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mueller-Hinton medium | An agar-based media composed of beef infusion, casamino acids, and starch useful in the isolation of gonococci and meningococci; the recommended medium for antibacterial susceptibility tests for most common aerobic and facultatively anaerobic bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Muellerius capillaris | One of the most common species of hair lungworms (subfamily Protostrongylinae) of sheep, goats, and deer. It is smaller than Dictyocaulus, inhabits the smaller bronchi and lung parenchyma, and is relatively nonpathogenic to its host. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Muerhrcke's sign | <clinical sign> Apparent leukonychia with white bands parallel to lanula of the nails, seen in hypoalbuminaemia. Synonym: Muehrcke's bands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muff | 1. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold. 2. <mechanics> A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe. 3. A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet. 4. [Perhaps a different word; cf. Prov. E. Maffle to slammer] A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person. "A muff of a curate." 5. [See 4. A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands. 6. <zoology> The whitethroat. Origin: Cf. LG. Muff, D. Mof, G, Dan, & Sw. Muff, F. Moufle mitten, LL. Muffula, MHG. Mouwe sleeve, D. Mouw, and E. Muffle, v. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| muffish | Stupid; awkward. See: Muff, 4 & 5. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |