| 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 |
| milk tooth | A tooth of the first set of teeth, comprising 20 in all, that erupts between the mean ages of 6 and 28 months of life. Synonym: dens deciduus, baby tooth, deciduous dentition, dens lacteus, first dentition, milk tooth, primary dentition, primary tooth, temporary tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| milk vetch | <botany> A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats. The name is sometimes taken for the whole genus Astragalus, of which there are about two hundred species in North America, and even more elsewhere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| modified milk | Cow's milk altered, by increasing the fat and reducing the amount of protein, to resemble human milk in composition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pigeon's 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| cow milk anaemia | Anaemia occurring in infants fed cow milk without iron supplementation, attributed to digestive tract allergic reaction leading to blood loss and hence iron deficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |