| molly | <zoology> Same as Mollemoke. A pet or colloquial name for Mary. Molly cottontail. <zoology> See Cottontail. Molly Maguire; pl. Molly Maguires . A member of a secret association formed among the tenantry in Ireland about 1843, principally for the purpose of intimidating law officers and preventing the service of legal writs. Its members disguised themselves in the dress of women. A member of a similar association of Irishmen organised in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania, about 1854, for the purpose of intimidating employers and officers of the law, and for avenging themselves by murder on persons obnoxious to them. The society was broken up by criminal prosecutions in 1876. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| molly-mawk | <zoology> See Mollemoke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| moloch | 1. The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively. 2. <zoology> A spiny Australian lizard (Moloch horridus). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance. Origin: Heb. Molek king. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| moloney leukaemia virus | A murine virus arising during the propagation of s37 mouse sarcoma, and causing lymphoid leukaemia in mice. It also infects rats and newborn hamsters and is apparently transmitted vertically to embryos in utero and through mother's milk. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Moloney murine leukaemia virus | <molecular biology, virology> Replication competent retrovirus (Oncovirinae) that causes leukaemia in mice, isolated by Moloney from cell free extracts made from a transplantable mouse sarcoma. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Moloney murine sarcoma virus | <molecular biology, virology> Replication defective retrovirus, source of the oncogene v mos, responsible for inducing fibrosarcomas in vivo and transforming cells in culture. (18 Nov 1997) |
| moloney sarcoma virus | A replication-defective murine sarcoma virus (sarcoma viruses, murine) isolated from a rhabdomyosarcoma by moloney in 1966. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Moloney test | <investigation> Skin test for immunity to diphtheria in which active toxin is injected into one site and toxoid into another. This is to control for pseudopositive reactions to the toxin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Moloney's virus | A lymphoid leukaemia retrovirus of mice, in the subfamily Oncovirinae, isolated originally during propagation of S 37 mouse sarcoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Moloney, John | <person> 20th century U.S. Oncologist. See: Moloney's virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Moloney, Paul | <person> Canadian physician, 1870-1939. See: Moloney test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| molossine | <zoology> A bat of the genus Molossus, as the monk bat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| molossus | A foot of three long syllables. Alternative forms: molosse. Origin: L, fr. Gr, prop, Molossian, belonging to the Molossians, a people in the eastern part of Epirus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Moloy, Howard | <person> U.S. Obstetrician, 1903-1953. See: Caldwell-Moloy classification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| molsidomine | <chemical> 3-ethyl-1,5,6,7-tetrahydro-2-methyl-5-(morpholinylmethyl)- 4h-indol-4-one. A vasodilator that has been used in angina pectoris. Concerns regarding the carcinogenicity or molsidomine have been raised and marketing has been suspended on two occasions. Pharmacological action: vasodilator agents. Chemical name: Sydnone imine, N-(ethoxycarbonyl)-3-(4-morpholinyl)- (12 Dec 1998) |