| mother surrogate | One who substitutes for or takes the place of the mother. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mother yaw | A large granulomatous lesion, considered to be the initial lesion in yaws, most commonly present on the hand, leg, or foot. Synonym: buba madre, frambesioma, mamanpian, protopianoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mother-child relations | Interaction between the mother and the child. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |
| mothers | Female parents, human or animal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| motherwort | <botany> A labiate herb (Leonurus Cardiaca), of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion's tail. The mugwort. See Mugwort. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| moths | Insects of the suborder heterocera of the order lepidoptera. (12 Dec 1998) |
| motif | Recurring characteristic or theme. <molecular biology> The smallest group of atoms in a polymer that, when under the influence of a rotation-translation operator, will assemble the rest of the atoms in the chain. (09 Oct 1997) |
| motile | <biology> Actively moving, self-propelled. (09 Oct 1997) |
| motile leukocyte | Any leukocyte that manifests active ameboid movement, especially a mature granulocytic leukocyte (eosinophils are less motile than neutrophils or basophils); monocytes manifest a slow, but persistent, wavelike movement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| motilin | <protein> Peptide (22 residues) found in duodenum, pituitary and pineal that stimulates intestinal motility. (18 Nov 1997) |
| motility | <biology> The ability to move spontaneously. (18 Nov 1997) |
| motility test | A test based on microscopic observation or on the spread of growth in soft agar, used to determine if a microorganism is motile. (05 Mar 2000) |
| motility test medium | A culture medium with a concentration of agar that produces a less solid consistency than usual and allows motile organisms to grow away from the line of inoculation; used to differentiate species of bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |