| malate synthase | <enzyme> An important enzyme in the glyoxylic acid cycle which reversibly catalyses the synthesis of l-malate from acetyl-CoA and glyoxylate. Chemical name: L-Malate glyoxylate-lyase (CoA-acetylating) Registry number: EC 4.1.3.2 (12 Dec 1998) |
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| malate-aspartate shuttle | A mechanism for the transfer of NADH reducing equivalents from the cytosol into the mitochondria using two isozymes of malate dehydrogenase and aspartate transaminase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malate-condensing enzyme | <enzyme> An important enzyme in the glyoxylic acid cycle which reversibly catalyses the synthesis of l-malate from acetyl-CoA and glyoxylate. Chemical name: L-Malate glyoxylate-lyase (CoA-acetylating) Registry number: EC 4.1.3.2 (12 Dec 1998) |
| malathion | A yellowish, liquid organic phosphorous compound that is used as an insecticide. It has fairlylow toxicity to humans and other mammals, and is especially effective against the Mediterranean fruit fly. (09 Oct 1997) |
| malawi | A republic in southern africa east of zambia. Its capital is lilongwe. It was formerly called nyasaland. This region was visited by livingstone in 1859. It became a british protectorate in 1891, part of the federation of rhodesia and nyasaland in 1953, and independent in 1964. It takes its name from the malavi people whose name means flames, possibly referring to the reflection of the rising sun on lake malawi. Its former name nyasaland is from the malawi word for lake. (12 Dec 1998) |
| malaxation | 1. Formation of ingredients into a mass for pills and plasters. 2. A kneading process in massage. Origin: L. Malaxo, pp. -atus, to soften (05 Mar 2000) |
| malayan | Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. The Malay language. <botany> Malay apple, a myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Malaccensis) common in India; also, its applelike fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malaysia | A parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch in southeast asia, consisting of 11 states (west malaysia) on the malay peninsula and two states (east malaysia) on the island of borneo. It is also called the federation of malaysia. Its capital is kuala lumpur. Before 1963 it was the union of malaya. It reorganised in 1948 as the federation of malaya, becoming independent from british malaya in 1957 and becoming malaysia in 1963 as a federation of malaya, sabah, sarawak, and singapore (which seceded in 1965). The form malay- probably derives from the tamil malay, mountain, with reference to its geography. (12 Dec 1998) |
| malbrouck | <zoology> A West African arboreal monkey (Cercopithecus cynosurus). Origin: F. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malcontent | Discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government. Alternative forms: malecontent] "The famous malcontent earl of Leicester." (Milner) Origin: F, fr. Mal ill + content. See Malice, Content. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| maldanian | <zoology> Any species of marine annelids of the genus Maldane, or family Maldanidae. They have a slender, round body, and make tubes in the sand or mud. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| maldigestion | Imperfect digestion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Maldonado-San Jose stain | <technique> A staining method for staining pancreatic islet cells, using a phloxine-azure B-haematoxylin sequence; alpha cells are purple, beta cells are violet-blue, delta cells are light blue, and exocrine cells are grayish blue with red secretion granules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| male | See Mal-. Evil; wicked; bad. Origin: L. Malus. See Malice. Same as Mail, a bag. 1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs. 2. <botany> Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them. 3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage. 4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir. 5. <mechanics> Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc. <botany> Male berry, a screw having threads upon its exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a corresponding nut or female screw. Male thread, the thread of a male screw. Origin: F. Male, OF. Masle, mascle, fr. L. Masculus male, masculine, dim. Of mas a male; possibly akin to E. Man. Cf. Masculine, Marry. 1. An animal of the male sex. 2. <botany> A plant bearing only staminate flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| male breast | One of the two, usually rudimentary, mammary glands in the male. Synonym: mamma masculina, mamma virilis. (05 Mar 2000) |