| mean vector | A single cardiac vector representing the average of all vector's present during a given time interval. Synonym: mean manifest vector. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| meander | To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate. "Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran." (Coleridge) Origin: Meandered; Meandering. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| meandrina | <zoology> A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, including the brain corals. Origin: NL., cf. F. Meandrine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| measle | <zoology> A tapeworm larva. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| measles | <virology> An acute infectious disease caused by the measles virus, a Morbillivirus in the paramyxovirus family. Early symptoms include a low-grade fever, dry cough, pinkeye and cold symptoms. Later symptoms include tiny, white spots lining the inside of the cheeks (Koplik spots) and a red rash which starts on the face and spreads. Synonym: rubeola. (27 Sep 1997) |
| measles convalescent serum | Obtained from the blood of a healthy person who has survived an attack of measles. Synonym: measles convalescent serum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| measles immune globulin | A sterile solution of globulin's derived from the blood plasma of normal adult human donors; it is prepared from immune serum globulin that complies with the measles antibody reference standard; a passive immunizing agent. Synonym: measles immunoglobulin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| measles immunization | The standard MMR vaccine is given to prevent measles, mumps and rubella (german measles). The mmr vaccine is now given in two dosages. The first should be given at12-15 months of age. The second vaccination should be given at 4-6 years (or, alternatively, 11-12 years) of age. most colleges require proof of a second measles or mmr vaccination prior to entrance. Most children should receive mmr vaccinations. Exceptions may include children born with an inability to fight off infection, some children with cancer, on treatment with radiation or drugs for cancer, on long term steroids (cortisone). People with severe allergic reactions to eggs or the drug neomycin should probably avoid the mmr vaccine. Pregnant women should wait until after delivery before being immunised with mmr. People with HIV or aids should normally receive mmr vaccine. Measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines may be administered as individual shots, if necessary, or as a measles-rubella combination. (12 Dec 1998) |
| measles immunoglobulin | measles immune globulin (human) |
| measles vaccine | A live attenuated virus vaccine of chick embryo origin, used for routine immunization of children and for immunization of adolescents and adults who have not had measles or been immunised with live measles vaccine and have no serum antibodies against measles. Children are usually immunised with measles-mumps-rubella combination vaccine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| measles virus | <virology> Paramyxovirus that causes the childhood disease measles and is responsible for subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| measles virus vaccine | Vaccine containing live, attenuated strains of measles virus prepared in chick embryo cell culture. See: measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| measles, mumps and rubella vaccine | A combination of live attenuated measles, mumps, and rubella viruses in an aqueous suspension; used for immunization against the respective diseases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| measly | 1. Infected with measles. 2. <zoology> Containing larval tapeworms; said of pork and beef. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| measly tapeworm | The pork tapeworm, formally known as taenia solium. Contracted from undercooked or measly pork (pork infected with the larval forms of the tapeworm). Can grow to be 3-6 feet (0.9-1.8 m) long in the human intestine. Also known as the armed tapeworm. (12 Dec 1998) |