| maternal mortality | Maternal deaths resulting from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in a given population. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| maternal mortality rate | The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number of live births + foetal deaths) in that year. The maternal mortality rate in the united states in 1993 (and 1994) was 0.1 per 1,000 live births, or 1 mother dying per 10,000 live births. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maternal mRNA | <molecular biology> Messenger RNA found in oocytes and early embryos that is derived from the maternal genome during oogenesis. See: masked messenger RNA. (18 Nov 1997) |
| maternal placenta | <anatomy> The part of the placenta derived from the uterine tissue. See: placenta. Synonym: maternal placenta, placenta uterina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein | A plasma protein, alpha-fetoprotein (afp) is normally produced by the foetus. The level of afp in the blood serum of pregnant women provides a screening test for open neural tube defects (anencephaly and spina bifida) and for down syndrome (and other chromosome abnormalities). The maternal serum afp (msafp) tends to be unusally high with open neural tube defects and unsually low with down syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maternal welfare | Organised efforts by communities or organizations to improve the health and well-being of the mother. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maternal-child health centres | Facilities which administer the delivery of health care services to mothers and children. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maternal-child nursing | The nursing specialty that deals with the care of women throughout their pregnancy and childbirth and the care of their newborn children. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maternal-foetal exchange | Exchange of substances between the maternal blood and the foetal blood through the placental barrier. It excludes microbial or viral transmission. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maternity | Motherhood. Origin: see maternal (05 Mar 2000) |
| maternity hospital | A special hospital for the care of women in childbirth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| matfelon | <botany> The knapweed (Centaurea nigra). Origin: W. Madfelen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mathematic | See Mathematical. Origin: F. Mathematique, L. Mathematicus, Gr. Disposed to learn, belonging to learning or the sciences, especially to mathematics, fr. That which is learned, learning, pl. Things learned, learning, science, especially mathematical science, fr, to learn; akin to E. Mind. See Mind. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mathematical | Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness. Mathematically. See: Mathematic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mathematical chaos | A dynamic system so sensitive to its precise current state (which in practice will never be known exactly) that its behaviour, though deterministic, is indistinguishable from random. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Mother-Fetus Relations, Maternal Fetal Relations, Mother Fetus Relations, Mother Fetus Relationship, Mother-Fetus Relationships, Relations, Maternal-Fetal, Relations, Mother-Fetus, Relationship, Mother-Fetus, Relationships, Mother-Fetus
Synonyms : Computing, Statistical, Mathematic Computing, Statistical Programs, Computer Based, Computing, Mathematic, Computing, Mathematical, Computings, Mathematic, Computings, Mathematical, Computings, Statistical, Mathematic Computings, Mathematical Computings
Synonyms : Mathematic
Synonyms : Sexual Selection, Animal, Animal Mating Preference, Animal Sexual Selection
Synonyms : German Chamomile, Matricaria matricarioides
| mat? |
a thick flat pad used as a floor covering mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven; "a mat of weeds and grass" Master of Arts in Teaching: a master's degree in teaching flatness: the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss entangle: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it felt: change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes" flat: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"
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| materia medica |
pharmacology: the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects
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| maternal floor infarction |
a disorder of the placenta resulting from decreased maternal blood flow and characterized by the deposition of fibrin in the decidua basalis with induration of the maternal surface of the placenta.
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| mathematics disorder |
[DSM-IV] a learning disorder (qv) in which the skill affected is mathematical calculation or reasoning.
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| matrix protein |
a nonglycosylated protein occurring between the nucleocapsid and envelope layers of certain viruses, such as orthomyxoviruses, and playing a role in the assembly of the virus particle. Called also M p.
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| MAT | a plane having cutters designed to make the tongues and grooves on the edges of matchboards |
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| MAT | golf scoring by holes won |
| MAT | the final point needed to win a match (especially in tennis) |
| MAT | a board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor) |
| MAT | a small folder of paper safety matches |
| MAT | a box for holding matches |
| MAT | any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches |
| MAT | provided with a worthy adversary or competitor |
| MAT | going well together |
| MAT | an international championship match |
| MAT | someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others |
| MAT | a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation |