| Mat, mat | maternal [origin]; mature |
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| misc | miscarriage; miscellaneous |
| POE | pediatric orthopedic examination; physician order entry; point of entry; polyoxyethylene; postoperat... |
| SPCC | Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure [plan] |
| PREP | phosphoribosylpyrophosphate; Physician Review and Enhancement Program |
| PREP | Pattern Reversal Evoked Potential |
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| MAT | Mating type |
| MAT | Mental Arithmetic Test |
| MAT | Methionine adenosyltransferase |
| MAT | Microscopic Agglutination Test |
| sickle cell prep | <haematology, investigation> A test which looks at red blood cells under the microscope to detect sickle cells after an agent which lowers the oxygen content of the sample is added. A positive test is result is determined by the presence of sickle cells. Abnormal results indicate sickle cell anaemia or sickle cell trait. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| spill | 1. To destroy; to kill; to put an end to. "And gave him to the queen, all at her will To choose whether she would him save or spill." (Chaucer) "Greater glory think [it] to save than spill." (Spenser) 2. To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste. "They [the colours] disfigure the stuff and spill the whole workmanship." (Puttenham) "Spill not the morning, the quintessence of day, in recreations." (Fuller) 3. To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour. Spill differs from pour in expressing accidental loss, a loss or waste contrary to purpose. 4. To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood. "And to revenge his blood so justly spilt." (Dryden) 5. To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain. Spilling line, a rope used for spilling, or dislodging, the wind from the belly of a sail. Spill, n. An instance of spilling. Oil spill, an accidental release of oil, usually into the ocean, due to damage to an oil tanker or uncontrolled release from an underwater well. Origin: OE. Spillen,sually, to destroy, AS. Spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. Spilla to destroy, Sw. Spilla to spill, Dan. Spilde,G. & D. Spillen to squander, OHG. Spildan. To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay. Origin: Spilt; Spilling. 1. A bit of wood split off; a splinter. 2. A slender piece of anything. Specifically: A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile. A metallic rod or pin. A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc. <chemical> One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground. 3. A little sum of money. Origin: Cf. Spell a splinter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bullet-proof | Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. Bullet tree. See Bully tree. Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mat | A rapid heart rate that is generated from multiple locations within the atria. Multifocal atrial tachycardia (MAT) tends to be in the range of 100 to 180 beats per minute. MAT can be seen in association with COPD, pneumonia, CHF, lung cancer, diabetes, pulmonary embolism, theophylline toxicity, coronary artery disease or digoxin toxicity. (27 Sep 1997) |
| mat gold | Powdered gold formed by electrolytic precipitation, compressed into strips, and sintered. (05 Mar 2000) |
| proof | 1. Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. "For whatsoever mother wit or art Could work, he put in proof." (Spenser) "You shall have many proofs to show your skill." (Ford) "Formerly, a very rude mode of ascertaining the strength of spirits was practiced, called the proof." (Ure) 2. That degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments that induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration. "I'll have some proof." (Shak) "It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to confirm whatever he pleases." (Emerson) Properly speaking, proof is the effect or result of evidence, evidence is the medium of proof. Cf. Demonstration. 3. The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness that resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies. 4. Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken. 5. A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; called also proof sheet. 6. <mathematics> A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. Prove. 7. Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armor of proof. Artist's proof, a very early proof impression of an engraving, or the like; often distinguished by the artist's signature. Proof reader, one who reads, and marks correction in, proofs. See def. 5, above. Synonym: Testimony, evidence, reason, argument, trial, demonstration. See Testimony. Origin: OF. Prove, proeve, F. Preuve, fr. L. Proba, fr. Probare to prove. See Prove. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea mat | <zoology> Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which form frondlike corals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| French proof agar | A culture medium for fungi containing neopeptone or polypeptone agar and glucose, with final pH 5.6; it is the standard, most universally used medium in mycology and is the international reference. Modified Sabouraud's agar (Emmons modification) with less glucose is better for pigment development in the colonies. Synonym: French proof agar. (05 Mar 2000) |
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