| multicellular | Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| multicenter studies | Controlled studies which are planned and carried out by several cooperating institutions to assess certain variables and outcomes in specific patient populations, for example, a multicenter study of congenital anomalies in children. (12 Dec 1998) |
| multicenter study | A controlled study executed by several cooperating institutions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| multicentral | Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral cell. <biology> Multicental development, growth, or development, from several centers. According as the insubordination to a single center is more or less pronounced, the resultant organism will be more or less irregular in form and may even discontinuous. Origin: Multi- + central. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| multicentric | Having many centres. A multicentric cancer consists of a primary tumour with satellites of cancerous growth in surrounding tissues. The basis for adjuvant radiation therapy after, for instance, a lumpectomy is to irradiate the satellite tumours, should any exist. (16 Dec 1997) |
| multicentric reticulohistiocytosis | <radiology> Females, middle age, deposition arthropathy, bilaterally symmetric involvement of hands, soft-tissue swelling, well-circumscribed marginal bony erosions Differential diagnosis: RA -- juxta-articular osteoporosis, DIPs spared, psoriasis -- asymmetric, ill-defined erosions, new bone, gout -- overhanging edges, asymmetric (12 Dec 1998) |
| Multiceps | A genus of taeniid tapeworms in which the larval forms in herbivores occur in the form of a coenurus (multiple scoleces invaginated within a single cyst). Origin: multi-+ L. Caput, head Multiceps multiceps, a species the mature form of which occurs in the intestines of dogs; the coenurus develops in the brains of herbivorous animals, especially sheep; the cyst is often called Coenurus cerebralis. Multiceps serialis, a species the mature form of which is found in the intestine of dogs; the coenurus is found in the subcutaneous tissues of rabbits. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multicipital | <botany> Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root. Origin: Multi- + L. Caput head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| multicollinearity | In multiple regression analysis, a situation in which at least some independent variables in a set are highly correlated with each other. Origin: multi-+ L. Col-lineo, to line up together (05 Mar 2000) |
| multicore disease | Nonprogressive congenital myopathy characterised by weakness of proximal muscles, multifocal degeneration of the muscle fibres, and eccentric areas of decreased or absent oxidative enzyme activity in muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multicostate | Having numerous ribs, or costae, as the leaf of a plant, or as certain shells and corals. Origin: Multi- + costate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| multicuspid | 1. Having more than two cusps. 2. A molar tooth with three or more cusps or projections on the crown. Synonym: multicuspid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multicuspid tooth | A tooth having a somewhat quadrangular crown with four or five cusps on the grinding surface; the root is bifid in the lower jaw, but there are three conical roots in the upper jaw; there are six molars in each jaw, three on either side behind the premolars in the permanent dentition; in the deciduous dentition there are but four molars in each jaw, two on either side behind the canines. Synonym: dens molaris, cheek tooth, molar, multicuspid tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multicuspidate | 1. Having more than two cusps. 2. A molar tooth with three or more cusps or projections on the crown. Synonym: multicuspid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multicystic dysplastic kidney disease | <radiology> most severe form of renal dysplasia, most common cause of palpaple abdominal mass in infants, unilateral (almost always; if bilateral, death occurs in utero), ureter absent or atretic, not associated with other cysts or with periportal fibrosis, Potter type II (12 Dec 1998) |