| multilocular hydatid cyst | A hydatid cyst of a multiloculate type, usually in the liver, caused by Echinococcus multilocularis, adults of which are in foxes; larvae (alveolar hydatid) are found chiefly in microtine rodents, but also among humans such as trappers and others handling pelts of infected foxes and other carnivores; growth is by exogenous budding and is not limited by an outer laminated membrane as in the hydatid cyst from E. Granulosus; necrosis, cavitation, contiguous spread, and death usually ensue. Synonym: multilocular hydatid cyst, multiloculate hydatid cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| multimammae | Synonym: polymastia. Origin: multi-+ L. Mamma, breast (05 Mar 2000) |
| multimammate mouse | An African rodent, Praomys natalensis, widely used in cancer research. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multimedia | Materials, frequently computer applications, that combine some or all of text, sound, graphics, animation, and video into integrated packages. (12 Dec 1998) |
| multinodal | Having many nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multinodular | Multinodulate Having many nodules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multinodular goiter | <radiology> Middle-aged females, enlarged thyroid, multiple cold, warm and hot areas, may be mimicked by thyroiditis (12 Dec 1998) |
| multinomial | <mathematics> Same as Polynomial. Origin: Multi- + -nomial, as in binomial. See Binomial. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| multinomial distribution | Probability distribution associated with the classification of each of a sample of individuals into one of several mutually exclusive and exhaustive categories. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multinuclear | <biology> Containing many nuclei; as, multinuclear cells. Origin: Multi- + nuclear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| multinuclear leukocyte | Small, actively motile white blood cells containing many lysosomes and specialising in phagocytosis. (09 Oct 1997) |
| multinucleated | <biology> Multinuclear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| multinucleosis | The presence of numbers of polynuclear, or multinuclear, cells in the peripheral blood. Synonym: multinucleosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multipain | <protein> ATP dependent protease (500 kD) isolated from the cytoplasm of skeletal muscle. May form a complex with the 20S proteasome to form a 26S like particle. (18 Nov 1997) |
| multipara | A woman who has had 2 or more pregnancies resulting in potentially viable offspring. A woman who is para III has had 3 such pregnancies. A woman who is para vi or more is called a grand multipara. (12 Dec 1998) |