| meth | methyl |
|---|---|
| MIBT | methyl isatin-beta-thiosemicarbazone |
| MMS | mass mammographic screening; Master of Medical Science; methyl methanesulfonate; Mini-Mental State |
| MMT | alpha-methyl-m-tyrosine; manual muscle test; mouse mammary tumor |
| MNNG | N-methyl N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine |
| anorectal angle | The angle formed by the junction of the rectum with the anus; may be important in maintenance of continence. Synonym: perineal flexure of rectum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| apical angle | The angle between two plane surfaces of a prism. Synonym: refracting angle of a prism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axial angle | An angle formed by two surfaces of a body, the line of union of which is parallel with its axis; the axial angle's of a tooth are the distobuccal, distolabial, distolingual, mesiobuccal, mesiolabial, and mesiolingual. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basilar angle | An angle formed by the intersection at the basion of lines coming from the nasal spine and the nasal point. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bennett angle | The angle formed by the sagittal plane and the path of the advancing condyle during lateral mandibular movement as viewed in the horizontal plane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| beta angle | The angle formed by a line connecting the bregma and hormion meeting the radius fixus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| biorbital angle | An angle formed by the meeting of the axes of the orbits. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bond angle | This refers to the angle formed between two nuclei which are linked together. (09 Oct 1997) |
| brewster's angle | <physics> The angle of incidence at which electromagnetic waves reflected from a dielectric medium are completely polarized perpendicular to the plane of incidence, the component polarized parallel to the plane of incidence is completely transmitted. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Broca's angle | More specifically see: Broca's basilar angle, Broca's facial angle, occipital angle of parietal bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Broca's basilar angle | The angle formed at the basion of lines drawn from the nasion and the alveolar point. Synonym: Broca's angles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Broca's facial angle | The angle formed by the intersection at the biauricular axis of lines drawn from the supraorbital point and the alveolar point. Synonym: Broca's angles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bucco-occlusal angle | The line of junction of the buccal and occlusal surfaces of a tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiodiaphragmatic angle | The angle between the heart and the diaphragm at either lateral end of the cardiac projection on imaging (usually the chest X-ray film). The right cardiophrenic angle is normally indistinguishable from the cardiohepatic angle radiographically. Synonym: cardiodiaphragmatic angle, phrenopericardial angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiohepatic angle | The angle formed by the upper border of the liver and the right border of the heart, especially as defined by percussion. Synonym: cardiohepatic triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |