English Words: M

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mechanostatnoun

A model describing bone growth and bone loss, based on a refinement of Wolff's law, and according to which these processes are stimulated by the local mechanical elastic deformation of bone.

mechanostimulationnoun

mechanical stimulation (of biological tissue)

mechanostimulatoryadj

That provides mechanical stimulation

mechanostimulusnoun

A mechanical stimulus.

mechanostretchverb

To mechanically stretch

mechanostructuraladj

mechanical and structural

mechanosynthesisnoun

The direct manipulation of individual molecules using an atomic force microscope.

mechanosyntheticadj

Of or pertaining to mechanosynthesis.

mechanotactileadj

mechanosensory and tactile

mechanotaxisnoun

The movement of a cell along a rigidity gradient

mechanotherapeuticadj

of or pertaining to mechanotherapy

mechanotherapistnoun

A therapist specialising in mechanotherapy

mechanotherapynoun

A type of physiotherapy designed to promote health through exercise and massage.

mechanothermaladj

That produces a mechanical response to a thermal stimulus

mechanotoxicadj

toxic to mechanosensors

mechanotoxinnoun

A mechanotoxic material

mechanotransduceverb

To mechanically transduce

mechanotransducedadj

transduced via mechanotransduction

mechanotransducernoun

Any cell, etc. that generates a measurable response to mechanical stimulation.

mechanotransducingadj

That uses mechanotransduction

mechanotransduciveadj

Of, or characterized by mechanotransduction.

mechanotransductionnoun

The conversion of a mechanical stimulus into chemical activity

mechanotransductionaladj

Relating to mechanotransduction

mechanotransductiveadj

Relating to mechanotransduction.

mechanotransductornoun

A mechanical transductor

mechanotransductoryadj

Relating to mechanotransduction or to mechanotransductors

mechanotranslationnoun

mechanical translation (motion)

mechanotranslationaladj

Relating to mechanotranslation

mechanotransmissionnoun

mechanical transmission

mechanurgynoun

The branch of science that deals with moving machines.

mechaphilianoun

a sexual desire for a mechanical inanimate object.

mechatronicsnoun

The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.

Mecheirname

The sixth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Mecheir has been in roughly February.

Mechelenname

A city and municipality in Antwerp province, Belgium.

Mechitarname

Alternative form of Mkhitar.

Mechitaristnoun

A member of a congregation of Benedictine monks of the Armenian Catholic Church established in 1717 by Abbot Mekhitar of Sebaste on the island of San Lazzaro, south of Venice.

mechitzanoun

A partition in an Orthodox synagogue to divide men from women

Mechlername

A surname from German.

Mechlinnoun

A kind of lace made at, or originating in, Mechelen, having a bobbin ground and designs outlined by thread or flat cord.

mechlorethaminenoun

Alternative form of chlormethine.

mechouinoun

A Maghrebi dish consisting of meat from a whole sheep or lamb spit-roasted on a barbecue.

Mechoulamname

A surname.

mechutannoun

A co-father-in-law.

Meckelname

A surname.

Meckel's diverticulumnoun

A slight bulge in the small intestine occasionally present at birth as a vestigial remnant of the vitelline duct.

Meckel's ganglionnoun

Synonym of pterygopalatine ganglion.

Meckel-Gruber syndromenoun

A rare, lethal ciliopathic genetic disorder characterized by renal cystic dysplasia, central nervous system malformations (occipital encephalocele), polydactyly (postaxial), hepatic developmental defects, and pulmonary hypoplasia due to oligohydramnios.

Meckel-Serres lawname

The theory of recapitulationism, according to which "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny".

Meckelianadj

Of or relating to Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781-1833), German anatomist.

Mecklenburgname

A historical region in Baltic northern Germany; part of the modern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter M contains 36,575 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 732 pages, and you are currently viewing page 215. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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