| Mauriceau, Francois | <person> French obstetrician. Lived: 1637-1709. See: Mauriceau's manoeuvre, Mauriceau-Levret manoeuvre. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Mauriceau-Levret manoeuvre | <obstetrics> A method of assisted breech delivery in which the infant's body is astraddle the right forearm, and the middle finger of the right hand is in the foetal mouth to maintain flexion while traction is made upon the shoulders by the other hand. Synonym: Mauriceau-Levret manoeuvre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mauritania | <geography> A republic in western africa, southwest of algeria and west of mali. Its capital is nouakchott. Its coast was opened by the portuguese in the 15th century. Although recognised as in the french sphere from 1817, it did not become a french colony until 1921. It gained independence in 1960. Mauritania takes its name from the moors, either from the greek mauros, dark, with reference to their skin or from the punic mahurim or mauharin, western, with reference to the geographical area of north africa that they occupied. It should not be confused with the ancient country of mauretania in northern africa, although both share a common derivation for their names. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mauritius | One of the indian ocean islands, east of madagascar. Its capital is port louis. It was discovered by the portugese in 1505, occupied by the dutch 1598-1710, held by the french 1715-1810 when the british captured it, formally ceded to the british in 1814, and became independent in 1968. It was named by the dutch in honor of maurice of nassau, prince of orange (1567-1625). (12 Dec 1998) |
| Mauthner neuron | <biology, marine biology> Large neuron in the mesencephalon of fishes and amphibians. A rare example of an individually identifiable neuron in a vertebrate nervous system. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Mauthner's cell | <marine biology> A large neuron of the spinal cord with its cell body located in the metencephalon of fish and amphibia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mauthner's sheath | <cell biology> Plasma membrane of an axon. (12 Mar 1998) |
| Mauthner's test | An obsolete test for colour perception similar to Holmgren's, but made with vials filled with pigments instead of with skeins of wool. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mauthner, Ludwig | <person> Austrian ophthalmologist, 1840-1894. See: Mauthner's cell, Mauthner's sheath, Mauthner's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mauvaniline | <chemistry> See Mauve aniline, under Mauve. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mauve | A colour of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac. <chemistry> Mauve aniline, a dyestuff produced artificially by the oxidation of commercial aniline, and the first discovered of the so-called coal-tar, or aniline, dyes. It consists of the sulphate of mauveine, and is a dark brown or bronze amorphous powder, which dissolves to a beatiful purple colour. Synonym: aniline purple, violine, etc. Origin: F, mallow, L. Malva. So named from the similarity of the colour to that of the petals of common mallow, Malva sylvestris. See Mallow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mauveine | <chemistry> An artificial organic base, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the dyestuffs it forms. Alternative forms: mauvine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Maurer's c.’s |
Maurer's dots.
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| Maurer's d.’s |
irregular dots, staining red with Leishman's stain, seen in erythrocytes from malarial patients infected with Plasmodium falciparum; called also Maurer's clefts.
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| Maurer's dots (clefts, spots, stippling) |
see under dot.
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| Maurer's s. |
malarial stippling with Maurer's dots.
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| Maurer's s.’s |
see under dot.
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| MAU | large strong hand (as of a fighter) |
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| MAU | a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush |
| MAU | an active volcano on north central Hawaii Island |
| MAU | an active volcano on south central Hawaii Island |
| MAU | a unit of weight used in Asia |
| MAU | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
| MAU | talk indistinctly |
| MAU | wander aimlessly |
| MAU | (United Kingdom) a public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money |
| MAU | (United Kingdom) specially minted silver coins that are distributed by the British sovereign on Maundy Thursday |
| MAU | the Thursday before Easter |
| MAU | French writer noted especially for his short stories (1850-1893) |