| merluce | <zoology> The European hake. Synonym: herring hake and sea pike. Origin: F. Merluche, merlus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| mermaid | A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish. Chaucer uses this word as equivalent to the siren of the ancients. Mermaid fish, a European spatangoid sea urchin (Echinocardium cordatum) having some resemblance to a skull. <botany> Mermaid weed, an aquatic herb with dentate or pectinate leaves (Proserpinaca palustris and P. Pectinacea). Origin: AS. Mere lake, sea. See Mere lake, and maid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mermaid deformity | Union of the legs with partial or complete fusion of the feet. See: sympus. Synonym: mermaid deformity, symmelia. Origin: L. Siren, G. Seiren, a siren (05 Mar 2000) |
| merman | The male corresponding to mermaid; a sea man, or man fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mermithoidea | A superfamily of nematodes of the order enoplida. Characteristics include a reduced alimentary tract and the presence of a trophosome. Its organisms can be present in the human intestine through ingestion of unwashed or contaminated raw vegetables. (12 Dec 1998) |
| meroacrania | Congenital lack of a part of the cranium other than the occipital bone. Origin: mero-+ G. A-priv. + kranion, skull (05 Mar 2000) |
| meroanencephaly | A type of anencephaly in which the brain and cranium are present in rudimentary form. Origin: mero-+ G. An-priv. + enkephalos, brain (05 Mar 2000) |
| meroblast | <biology> An ovum, as that of a mammal, only partially composed of germinal matter, that is, consisting of both a germinal portion and an albuminous or nutritive one; opposed to holoblast. Origin: Gr. Part. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| meroblastic | <biology> Consisting only in part of germinal matter; characterised by partial segmentation only; as, meroblastic ova, in which a portion of the yolk only undergoes fission; meroblastic segmentation; opposed to holoblastic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| meroblastic cleavage | Incomplete separation of the blastomeres, with the divisions being limited to the nonyolked portion of the egg. Synonym: incomplete cleavage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| MeroCaM | <chemical> Calcium sensitive fluorophore that can be used to measure calcium levels within live cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| merocele | <medicine> Hernia in the thigh; femoral hernia . Origin: Gr. Thigh + tumour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| merocrine | <endocrinology, physiology> Commonest mode of secretion in which a secretory vesicle fuses with the plasma membrane and releases its contents to the exterior. (18 Nov 1997) |
| merocrine gland | A gland that releases only an acellular secretory product, in contrast to a holocrine gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| merodiastolic | Partially diastolic; relating to a part of the diastole of the heart. Origin: mero-+ diastole (05 Mar 2000) |
| mercy killing |
Killing by one person of another who has an incurable illness or injury in its final and most painful stages. When mercy killing occurs with the consent of the patient, it is called voluntary. When performed upon an incapacitated person or against a person
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| merozoite |
A cell formed by asexual reproduction in the life cycle of plasmodium. Merozoites disperse and infect additional red blood cells within the host.
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| meristem |
An undifferentiated plant tissue, often with rapidly dividing cells, from which new tissues or organs arise.
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| meristem |
Portion of a thallus where the cells are able to divide and produce new growth
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| meristem |
Undifferentiated cell capable of developing into a number of organs and/or tissues; a growing point.
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| MER | leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice |
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| MER | alleviation of distress |
| MER | a disposition to be kind and forgiving |
| MER | the feeling that motivates compassion |
| MER | something for which to be thankful |
| MER | the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) |
| MER | the golden covering of the ark of the covenant |
| MER | the throne of God |
| MER | (British) a small pond of standing water |
| MER | being nothing more than specified |
| MER | apart from anything else |
| MER | English novelist and poet (1828-1909) |