| haemoglobins, abnormal | Haemoglobins altered in their genetically determined molecular structure, resulting in a characteristic complex of vlinival and laboratory abnormalities. The specific features of the abnormal haemoglobins are related to variation of the composite globin polypeptide chains. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| pupillary functions, abnormal | Conditions in which the pupil does not react normally to dilation and constriction. Signs of pupillary abnormalities originate from the pupil's shape, position, and response to stimulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fibrinogens, abnormal | Fibrinogens which have a functional defect as the result of one or more amino acid substitutions in the amino acid sequence of normal fibrinogen. Abnormalities of the fibrinogen molecule may impair any of the major steps involved in the conversion of fibrinogen into stabilised fibrin, such as cleavage of the fibrinopeptides by thrombin, polymerization and cross-linking of fibrin. The resulting dysfibrinogenaemias can be clinically silent or can be associated with bleeding, thrombosis or defective wound healing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mother | 1. A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child. 2. That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix. "Alas! poor country! . It can not Be called our mother, but our grave." (Shak) "I behold . The solitary majesty of Crete, mother of a religion, it is said, that lived two thousand years." (Landor) 3. An old woman or matron. 4. The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc. 5. <medicine> Mother Carey's chicken, a congenital mark upon the body; a naevus. 6. Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating. "It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived." (T. 7. <biology> Arnold) Mother cell, the impure or complex residual solution which remains after the salts readily or regularly crystallizing have been removed. Mother queen, the mother of a reigning sovereign; a queen mother. Mother tongue. A language from which another language has had its origin. The language of one's native land; native tongue. Mother water. See Mother liquor (above). Mother wit, natural or native wit or intelligence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mother cell | A cell which, by division, gives rise to two or more daughter cell's. Synonym: brood cell, metrocyte, parent cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mother-child relations | Interaction between the mother and the child. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mother colony | A colony which gives rise to a secondary colony (a daughter colony), the latter growing on the surface of the former; the mother colony is larger than the daughter colony, and the characteristics of the colony's may differ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mother cyst | A hydatid cyst from the inner, or germinal, layer, from which secondary cyst's containing scoleces (daughter cyst's) are developed; sometimes tertiary cyst's (granddaughter cyst's) are developed within the daughter cyst's; occurs most frequently in the liver, but may be found in other organs and tissues; symptoms are those of a tumour of the part affected. Synonym: parent cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mother liquor | The saturated solution remaining after a crystallization or precipitation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mother-of-pearl | <zoology> The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, especially. Of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mother-of-thyme | <botany> An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum). Synonym: wild thyme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mother of vinegar | In vinegar, the fungus of acetous fermentation appearing as a stringy sediment. Origin: A.S. Modder, mud (05 Mar 2000) |
| mother star | The single star figure at the end of prophase in mitosis. Synonym: mother star. Origin: mono-+ G. Aster, star (05 Mar 2000) |
| mother superior complex | The tendency of a psychotherapist to play a mothering role to the detriment of the therapeutic process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mother surrogate | One who substitutes for or takes the place of the mother. (05 Mar 2000) |