| masculinity | The qualities and characteristics of a male. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| masculinity-femininity scale | Any scale on a psychological test that assesses the relative masculinity or femininity of an individual; scale's vary and may focus, for example, on basic identification with either sex or preference for a particular sex role. (05 Mar 2000) |
| masculinization | The condition marked by the attainment of male characteristics, such as facial hair, either physiologically as part of male maturation, or pathologically by individuals of either sex. Origin: L. Masculus, male (05 Mar 2000) |
| masculinovoblastoma | <tumour> Obsolete term for an ovarian neoplasm that causes varying degrees of masculinization, e.g., distribution of hair, change in voice, hypertrophy of the clitoris; masculinovoblastoma consists of cords or anastomosing columns of cells with vesicular nuclei and indistinct cytoplasm, and is usually well vascularised; masculinovoblastoma's are thought by some to be derived from rests of adrenal cortical tissue, and they are morphologically similar to certain types of arrhenoblastoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| masculinus | Synonym: masculine, masculine. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mash | 1. A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically, ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort. 2. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals. 3. A mess; trouble. Mash tun, a large tub used in making mash and wort. Origin: Akin to G. Meisch, maisch, meische, maische, mash, wash, and prob. To AS. Miscian to mix. To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically, to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort. Mashing tub, a tub for making the mash in breweries and distilleries; called also mash tun, and mash vat. Mashed potato. N. The name of a dance, briefly popular in the 1960's. Mashed potatoes n. Pl. Potatoes which have been boiled and mashed to a pulpy consistency, usu. With sparing addition of milk, salt, butter, or other flavoring. It is a popular accompaniment to a meat course [U.S, 1900's], providing bulk and calories to a meal. Origin: Akin to G. Meischen, maischen, to mash, mix, and prob. To mischen, E. Mix. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Masini | Giulio, Italian physician, 1874-1937. See: Masini's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Masini's sign | <clinical sign> A marked degree of dorsal extension of the fingers on the metacarpals and of the toes on the metatarsals, noted in children with mental instability. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mask | 1. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask. 2. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge. 3. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show. "This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask." (Milton) 4. A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters. 5. A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; called also mascaron. 6. In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere. A screen for a battery. 7. <zoology> The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ. Mask house, a house for masquerades. Origin: F. Masque, LL. Masca, mascha, mascus; cf. Sp. & Pg. Mascara, It. Maschera; all fr. Ar. Maskharat buffoon, fool, pleasantry, anything ridiculous or mirthful, fr. Sakhira to ridicule, to laugh at. Cf. Masque, Masquerade. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mask of pregnancy | <medicine> A dark discolouration of the skin, usually local; as, Addison's melasma, or Addison's disease. Melasmic. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Black spot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mask shell | <zoology> Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| masked | 1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterised by masks; cincealed; hidden. 2. <botany> Same as Personate. 3. <ornithology> Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in colour from the rest of the plumage; said of birds. Masked ball, a ball in which the dancers wear masks. Masked battery, a battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire. 4. <zoology> Masked crab, a Japanese domestic hog (Sus pliciceps). Its face is deeply furrowed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| masked epilepsy | A form of epilepsy characterised by a paroxysmal disturbance, such as headache or vomiting, associated with an epileptic electroencephalographic pattern. (05 Mar 2000) |
| masked gout | latent gout |
| masked hyperthyroidism | Hyperthyroidism occurring without the usual manifestations, especially lack of hyperactivity and eye findings, often with hypoactivity, even somnolence. Manifestation can be limited to heart failure. (05 Mar 2000) |