| BCP | basic calcium phosphate; birth control pill; blue cone pigment; Blue Cross Plan; bromcresol purple |
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| COCP | combined oral contraceptive pill |
| OCP | octacalcium phosphate; ocular cicatricial pemphigoid; oral case presentation; oral contraceptive pil... |
| PC | avoirdupois weight [Lat. pondus civile]; packed cells; paper chromatography; paracortex; parent cell... |
| PILL | Pennebaker Inventory of Limbic Languidness |
| Monday morning sickness | azoturia of horses |
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| morning | Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service. "She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with dew." (Shak) Morning gown, a gown worn in the morning before one is dressed for the day. Morning gun, a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille at military posts. <medicine> Morning sickness, nausea and vomiting, usually occurring in the morning; a common sign of pregnancy. Morning star. Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn) when it precedes the sun in rising, especially. Venus. Cf. Evening star, Evening. Satan. See Lucifer. "Since he miscalled the morning star, Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far." (Byron) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes, either attached to a staff or suspended from one by a chain. Morning watch, the watch between four A. M. And eight A. M. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| morning diarrhoea | A form in which there are several loose stools in the early morning and during the forenoon, the bowels being quiet during the remainder of the day and night. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morning glory | <botany> A climbing plant (Ipomoea purpurea) having handsome, funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated, sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal. Synonym: Ipomoea rubrocoerulea var. Praecox., Rivea corymbosa. (22 Sep 2002) |
| morning glory anomaly | <ophthalmology, syndrome> A congenital anomaly of the optic disk in which there is a funnel-shaped hypoplastic optic nerve, which has a dot of white tissue at the centre, surrounded by an elevated anulus of chorioretinal pigment. The retinal vessels seen are multiple narrow bands at the edge of the disk. (22 Sep 2002) |
| morning glory seeds | <botany> The seeds of morning glories, Rivea corymbosa, have been used for mind-altering purposes; hallucinogenic; intoxicant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morning glory syndrome | <ophthalmology, syndrome> A congenital anomaly of the optic disk in which there is a funnel-shaped hypoplastic optic nerve, which has a dot of white tissue at the centre, surrounded by an elevated anulus of chorioretinal pigment. The retinal vessels seen are multiple narrow bands at the edge of the disk. (22 Sep 2002) |
| morning sickness | <obstetrics> Recurrent nausea and vomiting often seen in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and more pronounced in the mornings. Synonym: hyperemesis gravidarum. (27 Sep 1997) |
| morning vomiting | <obstetrics> Recurrent nausea and vomiting often seen in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and more pronounced in the mornings. Synonym: hyperemesis gravidarum. (27 Sep 1997) |