| monitoring, physiologic | The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| monitrix | A female monitor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monk | 1. A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty. "A monk out of his cloister." "Monks in some respects agree with regulars, as in the substantial vows of religion; but in other respects monks and regulars differ; for that regulars, vows excepted, are not tied up to so strict a rule of life as monks are." (Ayliffe) 2. A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink. 3. A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine. 4. <zoology> A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus. The European bullfinch. <zoology> Monk bat, a species of seal (Monachus albiventer) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic. <botany> Monk's rhubarb, a kind of dock; also called patience (Rumex Patientia). Origin: AS. Munuc, munec, munc, L. Monachus, Gr, fr. Alone. Cf. Monachism. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monkey | Origin: Cf. OIt. Monicchio, It. Monnino, dim. Of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr. Fr. Madonna. See Madonna. 1. <zoology> In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs. Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs. Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (especially. Such as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of apes and baboons. The monkeys are often divided into three groups: (a) Catarrhines, or Simidae. These have an oblong head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together. Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives of the Old World. (b) Platyrhines, or Cebidae. These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward. The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short and not opposable. These are natives of the new World. (c) Strepsorhines, or Lemuroidea. These have a pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar. 2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for mischievous child. "This is the monkey's own giving out; she is persuaded I will marry her." (Shak) 3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging. 4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century. Monkey boat. A small single block strapped with a swivel. <botany> Monkey flower, a second and lighter rail raised about six inches above the quarter rail of a ship. Monkey shine, monkey trick. Monkey trick, a mischievous prank. Monkey wheel. See Gin block, under 5th Gin. Monkey wrench, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monkey B virus | A herpesvirus, in the family Herpesviridae, affecting Old World monkeys, that is very similar morphologically to herpes simplex virus; fatal infection may occur in humans following the bite of an infected monkey, although other modes of transmission have also been documented. Synonym: monkey B virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monkey diseases | Diseases of old world and new world monkeys. This term includes diseases of baboons but not of chimpanzees or gorillas (= ape diseases). (12 Dec 1998) |
| monkey hand | A deformity marked by extension of the thumb in the same plane as the palm and fingers. Synonym: monkey hand, monkey-paw. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monkey malaria | Plasmodial infection of monkeys and apes, as with human malaria, transmitted chiefly by anopheline mosquitoes; a number of Plasmodium species are responsible, with Southeast Asia and Africa being the apparent centres of evolution; among the 20 plasmodial agents described from nonhuman primates, some resemble and induce a malarial infection similar to those caused by the four species of Plasmodium from humans, from which the agents of human malaria appear to be derived. Synonym: monkey malaria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monkey's puzzle | <botany> A lofty coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted "as to puzzle a monkey to climb." The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called pinon by the Chilians. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monkey-bread | <botany> The fruit of the Adansonia digitata; also, the tree. See Adansonia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monkey-cup | <botany> See Nepenthes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monkey-paw | A deformity marked by extension of the thumb in the same plane as the palm and fingers. Synonym: monkey hand, monkey-paw. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monkey-pot | <zoology> The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monkeypox | A disease of monkeys and, rarely, of man caused by the monkeypox virus, a member of the family Poxviridae; the human disease clinically resembles smallpox. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monkeypox virus | A species of orthopoxvirus causing an epidemic disease among captive primates. (12 Dec 1998) |
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Synonyms : Infections, Mononegavirales, Infection, Mononegavirales, Mononegavirales Infection
Synonyms : Mononeuritis Multiplex, Mononeuropathy Multiplex Syndrome, Mononeuritides, Mononeuropathy, Mononeuropathy Multiplex Syndromes, Syndrome, Mononeuropathy Multiplex, Syndromes, Mononeuropathy Multiplex
Synonyms : Cresolase, Phenol Oxidase, Phenoloxidase A, Phenoloxidase B, Monooxygenase, Monophenol, Oxidase, Dopa, Oxidase, Phenol
| monocyte |
a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria
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| monocytosis |
increase in the number of monocytes in the blood; symptom of monocytic leukemia
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| monogenic disorder |
an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes
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| mononucleate |
mononuclear: having only one nucleus
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| monoecious |
having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
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| MON | one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country |
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| MON | cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of South Pacific and Africa |
| MON | a person who receives or invests or pays out money |
| MON | a person who receives or invests or pays out money |
| MON | concealing the source of illegally gotten money |
| MON | a market for short-term debt instruments |
| MON | a written order for the payment of a sum to a named individual |
| MON | southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration |
| MON | the total stock of money in the economy |
| MON | a project that generates a continuous flow of money |
| MON | a drawstring bag for holding money |
| MON | having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value |