| Moon, Robert | <person> U.S. Ophthalmologist, 1844-1914. See: Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Moon's molars | Small dome-shaped first molar teeth occurring in congenital syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| half-moon | 1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated. 2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent. "See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings." (Milton) 3. An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; now called a ravelin. 4. <zoology> A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Caesiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Synonym: medialuna. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| laurence-moon-biedl syndrome | <syndrome> A hereditary syndrome of childhood, transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait, with obesity, retinitis pigmentosa, mental retardation, polydactyly, and hypogonadism as the main features. (12 Dec 1998) |