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Multiple PersonalitynounMWEa relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emergeverified
Multiple RegressionnounMWEa statistical technique that predicts values of one variable on the basis of two or more other variablesverified
Multiple SclerosisnounMWEa chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibersverified
Multiple Security LevelsnounMWECapability of an information system that is trusted to contain, and maintain separation between, resources (particularly stored data) of different security domains.verified
multiple sourcesnounMWEInformation classified based on two or more source documents, classification guides or combination of both.verified
Multiple VotingnounMWEthe act of voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.)verified
Multiplicative InversenounMWE(mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2verified
Multiplier OnionnounMWEtype of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoningverified
Multistage RocketnounMWEa rocket having two or more rocket engines (each with its own fuel) that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhaustedverified
Multivariate AnalysisnounMWEa generic term for any statistical technique used to analyze data from more than one variableverified
Mumification NecrosisnounMWE(pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown colorverified
Mung BeannounMWEerect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seedsverified
Murine TyphusnounMWEacute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected fleaverified
Mus RosenounMWEerect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowersverified
Musca VolitansnounMWEspots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lensverified
Muscae VolitantesnounMWEspots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lensverified
Muscle ContractionnounMWE(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)verified
Muscle RelaxantnounMWEa drug that reduces muscle contractility by blocking the transmission of nerve impulses or by decreasing the excitability of the motor end plate or by other actionsverified
Muscular ContractionnounMWE(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)verified
Muscular DystrophynounMWEany of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal musclesverified
Musculophrenic VeinnounMWEveins that drain the upper abdominal wall and the lower intercostal spaces and the abdomenverified
Musculoskeletal SystemnounMWEthe system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its formverified
Musculus AnconeusnounMWEthe muscle that extends the forearm and abducts the ulna in pronation of the wristverified
Musculus Articularis CubitinounMWEa small branch of the triceps that inserts into the capsule of the elbow jointverified
Musculus BuccinatornounMWEa muscle that flattens the cheek and retracts the angle of the mouthverified
Musculus DeltoideusnounMWEa large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the armverified
Musculus Obliquus Externus AbdominisnounMWEa diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torsoverified
Musculus Pectoralis MinornounMWEa skeletal muscle that draws down the scapula or raises the ribsverified
Musculus Rhomboideus MajornounMWErhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the spinal columnverified
Musculus Rhomboideus MinornounMWErhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upwardverified
Musculus SartoriusnounMWEa muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailorverified
Musculus ScalenusnounMWEany of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second ribverified
Musculus Serratus PosteriornounMWEskeletal muscle that draws the rib cage backward and downwardverified
Musculus Sphincter ANI ExternusnounMWEan external ring of striated muscle surrounding the anusverified
Musculus Sphincter ANI InternusnounMWEan internal ring of smooth muscle formed by circular fibers of the rectumverified
Musculus Sphincter Ductus CholedochinounMWEthe smooth muscle sphincter of the common bile ductverified
Musculus Sphincter Ductus PancreaticinounMWEthe smooth muscle sphincter of the main pancreatic ductverified
Musculus Sphincter PylorinounMWEthe sphincter muscle of the pylorus that separates the stomach from the duodenumverified
Musculus SternocleidomastoideusnounMWEone of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital boneverified
Musculus TemporalisnounMWEmuscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandibleverified
Musculus Transversalis AbdominisnounMWEa flat muscle with transverse fibers that forms the anterior and lateral walls of the abdominal cavityverified