| malinterdigitation | Faulty intercuspation of teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| malison | Malediction; curse; execration. "God's malison on his head who this gainsays." (Sir W. Scott) Origin: OF. Maleicon, L. Maledictio. See Malediction, and cf. Benison. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mall | 1. A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul. 2. A heavy blow. 3. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall. 4. A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk. "Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City Mall." (Southey) Origin: OE. Malle, F. Mail, L. Malleus. Cf. Malleus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Mall's formula | A formula for determining the age (in days) of a human embryo; calculated as the square root of its length (measured from vertex to breech) in millimeters multiplied by 100. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mall's ridges | Rarely used eponym for pulmonary ridge's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mallard | 1. <zoology> A drake; the male of Anas boschas. 2. <zoology> A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Synonym: greenhead. Origin: F. Malari,fr. Male male + -art =-ard. See Male, and -ard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malleable | Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; applied to metals. Malleable iron, iron that is capable of extension or of being shaped under the hammer; decarbonised cast iron. See Iron. Malleable iron castings, articles cast from pig iron and made malleable by heating then for several days in the presence of some substance, as hematite, which deprives the cast iron of some of its carbon. Origin: F. Malleable, fr. LL. Malleare to hammer. See Malleate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malleal | <anatomy> Pertaining to the malleus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mallear fold | One of two ligamentous bands, anterior and posterior, making folds on the tympanic side of the tympanic membrane extending from each extremity of the tympanic notch to the malleolar prominence; they mark the boundary between the tense and the flaccid portions of the tympanic membrane. Synonym: plica mallearis, plica membranae tympani, Troltsch's fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mallear prominence | A small prominence at the upper end of the stria mallearis produced by the lateral process of the malleus. Synonym: prominentia mallearis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mallear stripe | A bright line seen through the membrana tympani, produced by the attachment of the manubrium of the malleus. Synonym: mallear stripe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malleate | To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf. Origin: L. Malleatus hammered, fr. Malleus a hammer. See Mall. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malleation | The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating. Origin: LL. Malleatio: cf. OF. Malleation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mallebrin | Al(ClO3)3-9H2O;an antiseptic. Synonym: mallebrin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mallee | A growth habit in which several woody stems arise separately from a lignotuber, a plant having the above growth habit. (09 Oct 1997) |