| maximum occipital point | The point on the squama of the occipital bone farthest from the glabella. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| maximum permissible dose | <radiobiology> Defined by the International Commission on Radiological Protection as the greatest dose of radiation which, in the light of present knowledge, is not expected to cause detectable bodily injury to a person at any time during his lifetime. This dose has been reduced with each Commission report. The MPD is given in terms of acute or chronic exposure of the whole body or of organs, systems, or regions of the body, and differs for persons who are occupationally exposed versus the public at large. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maximum permissible exposure level | The highest level of exposure to a substance, usually noxious, in the environment or during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, that a body can tolerate without injury. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maximum temperature | In bacteriology, denoting a temperature above which growth will not take place. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maximum urea clearance | The urea clearance when the urine flow exceeds 2 ml/min; normal value is about 75 ml blood/min per 1.73 m2 body surface area. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maximum velocity | The maximum rate of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction that can be achieved by progressively increasing the substrate concentration at a given enzyme concentration; in cases of substrate inhibition, Vmax is an extrapolated value in the absence of such inhibition; Cf.: Michaelis-Menten equation. The maximum initial rate of shortening of a myocardial fibre that can be obtained under zero load; used to evaluate the contractility of the fibre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maximum voluntary ventilation | The volume of air breathed when an individual breathes as deeply and as quickly as possible for a given time (e.g., 15 sec.). Synonym: maximum breathing capacity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maxillae |
jaws; one on each side of the mouth immediately beneath the mandibles, moving transversely, usually corneous at base, and membranaceous or coriaceous at tip, and furnished with one or two palpi.
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| maximum tolerated dose |
The maximum dose that an animal species can tolerate for a major portion of its lifetime without significant impairment or toxic effect other than carcinogenicity.
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| maxillectomy |
Surgical removal of the maxilla.
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| maxillae |
The second pair of jaws in an insect's mouth, used for pushing food down the throat.
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| maxillary teeth |
Teeth located on the two principal dermal bones of the upper jaw in reptiles and amphibians (Peters 1964).
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| max | a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae |
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| max | Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879) |
| max | a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss |
| max | American dramatist (1888-1959) |
| max | four differential equations that summarize classical properties of electromagnetic fields |
| max | (physics) a law expressing the distribution of energy among the molecules of a gas in thermal equilibrium |
| max | trade name for an antihypertensive drug containing hydrochlorothiazide and another diuretic |