| morbosity | A diseased state; unhealthiness. Origin: L. Morbositas. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| morbus | Synonym: disease. Origin: L. Disease (05 Mar 2000) |
| morbus Addisonii | Adrenocortical insufficiency usually as the result of idiopathic atrophy or destruction of both adrenal glands by tuberculosis, an autoimmune process, or other diseases; characterised by fatigue, decreased blood pressure, weight loss, increased melanin pigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes, anorexia, and nausea or vomiting; without appropriate replacement therapy, it can progress to acute adrenocortical insufficiency. Synonym: Addison's disease, addisonian syndrome, hyposupradrenalism, morbus Addisonii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morcel | To remove piecemeal. Origin: Fr. Morceler, to subdivide (05 Mar 2000) |
| morcellation | Division into and removal of small pieces, as of a tumour. Synonym: morcellement. Origin: Fr. Morceler, to subdivide (05 Mar 2000) |
| morcellation operation | <gynaecology> Vaginal hysterectomy in which the uterus is removed in multiple pieces after being split or partitioned. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morcellement | Synonym: morcellation. Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mordant | 1. Any corroding substance used in etching. 2. Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic fibres and colouring matter, serves as a bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes. 3. Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere. Origin: F, originally, biting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| morel | <botany> An edible fungus (Morchella esculenta), the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used as food, and for flavoring sauces. Alternative forms: moril. See: Moril. <botany> 1. Nightshade; so called from its blackish purple berries. Alternative forms: morelle. 2. A kind of cherry. See Morello. Great morel, the deadly nightshade. Petty morel, the black nightshade. See Nightshade. See: Morelle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Morel's ear | A large, misshapen, outstanding auricle, with obliterated grooves and thinned edges. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Morel, Benedict | <person> French psychiatrist, 1809-1873. See: Morel's ear, Stewart-Morel syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morelle | <botany> Nightshade. See Morel. Origin: F, orig. Fem. Of moreau black, OF. Morel, fr. LL. Morellus. Cf. Morello, Murrey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| morello | <botany> A kind of nearly black cherry with dark red flesh and juice, used chiefly for preserving. Origin: Cf. It. Morello blackish, OF. Morel. Cf. Morelle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| morepork | <zoology> The Australian crested goatsucker (aegotheles Novae-Hollandiae). Also applied to other allied birds, as Podargus Cuveiri. Origin: So named from its cry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Morerastrongylus costaricensis | A nematode parasite of rats and other rodents in Central America, recently found to infect humans, where they localise in the mesenteric arteries; infective third-stage larvae have been found in the slug, Vaginulus plebeius. Synonym: Morerastrongylus costaricensis. (05 Mar 2000) |