| MDS | Master of Dental Surgery; maternal deprivation syndrome; medical data screening; medical data system... |
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| MFD | mandibulofacial dysostosis; midforceps delivery; milk-free diet; minimum fatal dose; multiple fracti... |
| MICAM | maturation index for colostrum and mature milk |
| MOM | milk of magnesia; mucoid otitis media |
| MO-MOM | mineral oil and milk of magnesia |
| witch's milk | A secretion of colostrum-like milk sometimes occurring in the glands of newborn infants of either sex 3 to 4 days after birth and lasting a week or two; due to endocrine stimulation from the mother before birth. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| condensed milk | A thick liquid prepared by the partial evaporation of cow's milk, with or without the addition of sugar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wolf's-milk | <botany> Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia); so called from its acrid milky juice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| crop milk | A secretion formed by glands in the mucosa of the pigeon's crop with which the young are fed; it is increased under the influence of prolactin. Synonym: crop milk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| skimmed milk | The aqueous (noncream) part of milk from which casein is isolated. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diphasic milk fever | tick-borne encephalitis (Central European subtype) |
| incontinence of milk | <endocrinology> The excessive or spontaneous flow of milk, persistent secretion of milk irrespective of nursing. Origin: Gr. Rhoia = flow (18 Nov 1997) |
| iron succinyl milk protein complex | <chemical> Soluble iron complex with 5% iron content produced by reacting succinylated milk protein and ferric chloride Synonym: iron succinyl protein complex, itf 282, itf-282 (05 Dec 1998) |
| irradiated vitamin D milk | Cow's milk exposed in a thin film to ultraviolet light and standardised to contain 400 USP units of vitamin D per quart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uterine milk | A whitish fluid secretion between the villi of the placenta, which nourishes the implanting ovum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lactobacillary milk | Milk inoculated with a culture of Bacillus acidophilus, B. Bulgaricus, or other lactic acid-forming microorganism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fortified milk | Milk to which some essential nutrient, usually vitamin D, has been added. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fortified vitamin D milk | Milk produced through direct addition of vitamin D; standardised at 400 USP units per quart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| achlorhydric anaemia | A form of chronic hypochromic microcytic anaemia associated with achlorhydria or achylia gastrica; observed most frequently in women in the third to fifth decades. Synonym: Faber's anaemia, Faber's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| achrestic anaemia | A form of chronic progressive macrocytic anaemia that can be fatal in which the changes in bone marrow and circulating blood closely resemble those of pernicious anaemia, but in which there is only transient or no response to therapy with vitamin B12; glossitis, gastrointestinal disturbances, central nervous system disease, and pyrexia are not observed, and there is only little bleeding or haemolysis. Origin: G. A-priv. + chresis, a using (05 Mar 2000) |