| malacozoic | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Malacozoa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| malactic | Synonym: emollient. Origin: G. Malaktikos, softening (05 Mar 2000) |
| maladie | Synonym: malady. Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maladie de Roger | A congenital cardiac anomaly consisting of a small, isolated, asymptomatic defect of the interventricular septum. Synonym: maladie de Roger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maladie des jambes | Ill-defined disease seen among rice-growers in Louisiana. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maladjustment | In the mental health professions, an inability to cope with the problems and challenges of everyday living. Origin: mal-+ adjust, fr. O.Fr. Adjuster, fr. L.L. Adjuxto, to put close to, + -ment (05 Mar 2000) |
| maladministration | Bad administration; bad management of any business, especially of public affairs. Alternative forms: maleadministration. Origin: Mal- + administration. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malady | Origin: F. Maladie, fr. Malade ill, sick, OF. Also, malabde, fr. L. Male habitus, i. E, ill-kept, not in good condition. See Malice, and Habit. 1. Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder. "The maladies of the body may prove medicines to the mind." (Buckminster) 2. A moral or mental defect or disorder. "Love's a malady without a cure." (Dryden) Synonym: Disorder, distemper, sickness, ailment, disease, illness. See Disease. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malagma | A cataplasm or emollient. Origin: G. A poultice (05 Mar 2000) |
| malaise | A vague feeling of bodily discomfort. (18 Nov 1997) |
| malakoplakia | <radiology> Granulomatous response to chronic UTIs, females (80%), not pre-malignant, lower 2/3 of urinary tract, usually bladder, also ureters, multiple flat plaques (filling d, Michaelis-Guttman bodies Cf: leukoplakia (12 Dec 1998) |
| malalignment | Displacement of a tooth or teeth from a normal position in the dental arch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malamate | <chemistry> A salt of malamic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malambo | A yellowish aromatic bark, used in medicine and perfumery, said to be from the South American shrub Croton Malambo. Origin: Pg. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malamethane | <chemistry> A white crystalline substance forming the ethyl salt of malamic acid. Origin: Malamic + ethane. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |