| moist | 1. Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air. "Moist eyes." 2. Fresh, or new. "Shoes full moist and new." "A draught of moist and corny ale." Origin: OE. Moiste, OF. Moiste, F. Moite, fr. L. Muccidus, for mucidus, moldy, musty. Cf. Mucus, Mucid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| moist gangrene | Ischemic necrosis of an extremity with bacterial infection, producing cellulitis adjacent to the necrotic areas. Synonym: moist gangrene. (05 Mar 2000) |
| moist rale | A bubbling rale caused by air mixing with a fluid exudate in the bronchial tubes or a cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| moist tetter | wet tetter |
| moist wart | An obsolete term for condyloma acuminatum. Mosaic wart, plantar growth of numerous closely aggregated wart's forming a mosaic appearance, frequently caused by human papilloma virus type 2. (05 Mar 2000) |
| moisten | 1. To make damp; to wet in a small degree. "A pipe a little moistened on the inside." (Bacon) 2. To soften by making moist; to make tender. "It moistened not his executioner's heart with any pity." (Fuller) Origin: Moistened; Moistening. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| moisture content | (MC) The weight of the water contained in wood, usually expressed as a percentage of weight, either oven-dry or as received. (05 Dec 1998) |
| Mokola virus | A rabies related virus of the genus Lyssavirus, family Rhabdoviridae, first isolated from shrews (Crocidura spp.) in Nigeria, which has caused fatal neurological disease in man and cats in Africa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mol | <abbreviation> Mole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mol wt | <abbreviation> Molecular weight. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mola | <zoology> See Sunfish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| molal | Denoting 1 mol of solute dissolved in 1000 g of solvent; such solutions provide a definite ratio of solute to solvent molecules. Compare: molar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| molality | Moles of solute per kilogram of solvent; the molarity is equal to mρ/(1 + mM), where m is the molality, ρ is the density of the solution, and M is the molar mass of the solute. Compare: molarity. Abbreviation: m (05 Mar 2000) |
| molar | <mechanics> Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms. Origin: L. Moles mass. <anatomy> Any one of the teeth back of the incisors and canines. The molar which replace the deciduous or milk teeth are designated as premolars, and those which are not preceded by deciduous teeth are sometimes called true molars. See Tooth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| molar absorbancy index | Absorbance (of light) per unit path length (usually the centimeter) and per unit of concentration (moles per liter); a fundamental unit in spectrophotometry. Synonym: absorbancy index, absorptivity, molar absorbancy index, molar absorptivity, molar extinction coefficient. (05 Mar 2000) |