| REE | rapid extinction effect; rare earth element; resting energy expenditure |
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| LMBB | Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl [syndrome] |
| LMBS | Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome |
| LEO | Low Earth Orbit |
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| REE | Rare Earth Elements |
| minor planets | Small solar system planetary bodies including asteroids. most asteroids are found within the gap lying between the orbits of mars and jupiter. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| planets | Heavenly bodies with their own motion among the stars, revolving, in the case of the solar system, around the sun, along the plane of the ecliptic. They are grouped into inner planets and outer planets, based on distance from the sun and common characteristics. (12 Dec 1998) |
| red half-moon | <clinical sign> Irregular red discoloration of the usually pale demilune at the base of the fingernail; may be seen in congestive failure, malignant disease, or liver disease, but not specific for any of these. (05 Mar 2000) |
| moon | 1. The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month. "The crescent moon, the diadem of night." (Cowper) 2. A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn. 3. The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month. 4. A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon. Moon blindness. <medicine> Hemeralopia. Moon dial, a dial used to indicate time by moonlight. Moon face, a round face like a full moon. Moon madness, lunacy. Moon month, a lunar month. <botany> Moon trefoil, a shrubby species of medic (Medicago arborea). See Medic. Moon year, a lunar year, consisting of lunar months, being sometimes twelve and sometimes thirteen. Origin: OE. Mone, AS. Mona; akin to D. Maan, OS. & OHG. Mano, G. Mond, Icel. Mani, Dan. Maane, Sw. Mane, Goth. Mena, Lith. Men, L. Mensis month, Gr. Moon, month, Skr. Mas moon, month; prob. From a root meaning to measure (cf. Skr. Ma to measure), from its serving to measure the time. 271. Cf. Mete to measure, Menses, Monday, Month. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| moon blindness | An acute iridocyclitis of horses, involving one or both eyes; it subsides only to recur at intervals of varying length and usually ends in blindness; the cause is uncertain but some have associated it with leptospires; does not appear to be contagious. Synonym: moon blindness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| moon-eye | 1. A eye affected by the moon; also, a disease in the eye of a horse. 2. <zoology> Any species of American fresh water fishes of the genus Hyodon, especially. H. Tergisus of the Great Lakes and adjacent waters. The cisco. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| moon face | The round, usually red face, with large jowls, seen in Cushing's disease or in exogenous hyperadrenocorticalism. Moon shaped face, moon facies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| moon facies | Roundness of the face due to increased fat deposition laterally seen in patients with hyperadrenocorticalism, either of endogenous (e.g., Cushing's disease) or exogenous origin, such as the use of cortisone-like drugs as therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Moon, Henry | <person> English surgeon, 1845-1892. See: Moon's molars. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Moon, Robert | <person> U.S. Ophthalmologist, 1844-1914. See: Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Moon's molars | Small dome-shaped first molar teeth occurring in congenital syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| half-moon | 1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated. 2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent. "See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings." (Milton) 3. An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; now called a ravelin. 4. <zoology> A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Caesiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Synonym: medialuna. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| laurence-moon-biedl syndrome | <syndrome> A hereditary syndrome of childhood, transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait, with obesity, retinitis pigmentosa, mental retardation, polydactyly, and hypogonadism as the main features. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alkali earth metal | See: alkaline earth elements. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alkaline earth | <chemistry> Any of the metallic elements found in the second column of the periodic table, such as calcium and magnesium. (09 Oct 1997) |
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