| multiple sclerosis |
A chronic degenerative disease of the central nervous system in which gradual destruction of myelin occurs in patches throughout the brain or spinal cord (or both), interfering with the nerve pathways and causing muscular weakness, loss of coordination and speech and visual disturbances. It occurs chiefly in young adults and is thought to be a defect in the immune system that may be of genetic or viral origin.
Ãâó: www.als.net/als101/glossary.asp
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| multiple |
Multiples are the numbers you find in any times table. the multiples of 7 are the numbers in the 7 times table, 7, 14, 21, 28, and so on.
Ãâó: www.bbc.co.uk/education/megamaths/glossary/
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| multiply |
there are lots of ways of talking about multiplication. the sum 3 x 4 = 12 can be written as 3 times 4 = 12 3 multiplied by 4 = 12 3 lots of 4 are 12 the product of 3 and 4 is 12 three fours are twelve
Ãâó: www.bbc.co.uk/education/megamaths/glossary/
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| multiple birth |
Birth of more than one baby from a pregnancy.
Ãâó: www.ivf-infertility.com/help/glossary/mno.php
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| multiple pregnancy |
The percentage of all pregnancies in which two or more fetal hearts are present.
Ãâó: www.ivf-infertility.com/help/glossary/mno.php
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