| mill residue | Wood and bark residues produced in processing logs into lumber, plywood, and paper. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| mill wheel murmur | Churning cardiac murmur produced by air embolism to the heart; also heard in pneumohydropericardium. Synonym: water wheel murmur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mill/kwh | A common method of pricing electricity. Tenths of a cent per kilowatt-hour. (05 Dec 1998) |
| Millard, Auguste | <person> French physician, 1830-1915. See: Millard-Gubler syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Millard-Gubler syndrome | <syndrome> A form of alternating hemiplegia characterised by contralateral hemiplegia and ipsilateral facial paralysis. Synonym: Gubler's paralysis, Millard-Gubler syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| milled-in curves | Contours carved by various mandibular movements into the occluding surface of an occlusion rim, by teeth or studs placed in the opposing occlusion rim; the curves or contours may be carved into wax, modeling plastic, or plaster of Paris, occlusal curves developed by masticatory or gliding movements of occlusion rims which are composed of materials including abrasives. See: functional chew-in record. Synonym: milled-in curves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| milled-in paths | Contours carved by various mandibular movements into the occluding surface of an occlusion rim, by teeth or studs placed in the opposing occlusion rim; the curves or contours may be carved into wax, modeling plastic, or plaster of Paris, occlusal curves developed by masticatory or gliding movements of occlusion rims which are composed of materials including abrasives. See: functional chew-in record. Synonym: milled-in curves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| milleped | <zoology> A myriapod with many legs, especially. A chilognath, as the galleyworm. Alternative forms: millipede and milliped. Origin: L. Millepeda; mille a thousand + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. Mille-pieds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| millepora | <zoology> A genus of Hydrocorallia, which includes the millipores. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| millepore | <zoology> Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells. The animals are hydroids, not Anthozoa. See Hydrocorallia. Origin: L. Mille thousand + porus pore: cf. F. Millepore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| milleporite | <paleontology> A fossil millepore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| miller | 1. One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill. 2. A milling machine. 3. <zoology> A moth or lepidopterous insect; so called because the wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller's clothes. Called also moth miller. The eagle ray. The hen harrier. Miller's thumb. <zoology> A small fresh water fish of the genus Uranidea (formerly Cottus), as the European species (U. Gobio), and the American (U. Gracilis); called also bullhead. A small bird, as the gold-crest, chiff-chaff, and long-tailed tit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| miller fisher syndrome | <syndrome> A syndrome characterised by total external ophthalmoplegia, cerebellar ataxia, and loss of tendon reflexes. Early symptoms include fever, headache, and pneumonia. They are followed by facial paralysis, diplopia, and paresthesia of the arms and trunk. It is sometimes viewed as a variant of guillain-barre syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| miller's asthma | Asthma caused by flour or grain allergens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Miller's chemicoparasitic theory | That dental caries is caused by microorganisms of the mouth fermenting dietary carbohydrates and producing acids that demineralise the teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |