| misgive | 1. To give or grant amiss. 2. Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make irresolute; usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun. "So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts What may befall him, to his harm and ours." (Shak) "Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they had deserved." (Milton) 3. To suspect; to dread. Origin: Misgave; Misgiven; Misgiving. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| mishcup | <zoology> The scup. See: Scup. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| misidentification | <zoology> The misapplication of a previously established taxon name to an individual specimen. See: Identification. (09 Jan 1998) |
| mislactation | <medicine> Defective flow or vitiated condition of the milk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mismatch repair | <molecular biology> A DNA repair system that detects and replaces wrongly paired, mismatched, bases in newly replicated DNA. E. Coli has a mismatch correction enzyme coded for by three genes mutH, mutL and mutS, that is directed to the newly synthesised strand and removes a segment of that strand including the incorrect nucleotide. The gap is then filled by DNA polymerase. (18 Nov 1997) |
| misogamy | Aversion to marriage. Origin: G. Miseo, to hate, + gamos, marriage (05 Mar 2000) |
| misogynist | A woman hater. Origin: Gr,; to hate + woman: cf. F. Misogyne. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| misogyny | Aversion to or hatred of women. Origin: G. Miseo, to hate, + gyne, woman (05 Mar 2000) |
| misologia | Aversion to talking or to mental activity. Origin: G. Miseo, to hate, + logos, reasoning, discussion (05 Mar 2000) |
| misoneism | Dislike of and disinclination to accept new ideas. Origin: G. Miseo, to hate, + neos, new (05 Mar 2000) |
| misonidazole | <chemical> A nitroimidazole that sensitises normally radio-resistant hypoxic cells to radiation. It may also be directly cytotoxic to hypoxic cells and has been proposed as an antineoplastic. Pharmacological action: antineoplastic agent, antiprotozoal agents, radiation-sensitizing agents. Chemical name: 1H-Imidazole-1-ethanol, alpha-(methoxymethyl)-2-nitro- (12 Dec 1998) |
| misopedia | Misopedy Aversion to or hatred of children. Origin: G. Miseo, to hate, + pais (paid-), child (05 Mar 2000) |
| misoprostol | <chemical> A synthetic analog of natural prostaglandin e1. It produces a dose-related inhibition of gastric acid and pepsin secretion, and enhances mucosal resistance to injury. It is an effective anti-ulcer agent and also has oxytocic properties. Pharmacological action: abortifacient agents, non-steroidal, anti-ulcer agents, oxytocics. Chemical name: Prost-13-en-1-oic acid, 11,16-dihydroxy-16-methyl-9-oxo-, methyl ester, (11alpha,13E)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| mispickel | <chemical> Arsenical iron pyrites; arsenopyrite. Origin: G. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| misprision | 1. The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake. "The misprision of this passage has aided in fostering the delusive notion." (Hare) 2. Neglect; undervaluing; contempt. 3. A neglect, negligence, or contempt. In its larger and older sense it was used to signify "every considerable misdemeanor which has not a certain name given to it in the law." In a more modern sense it is applied exclusively to two offenses: 1. Misprision of treason, which is omission to notify the authorities of an act of treason by a person cognizant thereof. 2. Misprision of felony, which is a concealment of a felony by a person cognizant thereof. Origin: LL. Misprisio, or OF. Mesprison, prop, a mistaking, but confused with OF. Mespris contempt, F. Mepris. See Misprise, Misprize, Prison. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |