Malthusian theory
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– Engelsk
~ Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence
metrazol shock therapy
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– Engelsk
~ the administration of sufficient Metrazol to induce convulsions and coma
megavitamin therapy
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– Engelsk
~ therapy based on a theory that taking very large doses of vitamins will prevent or cure physical or psychological disorders
Mother Theresa
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~ Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)
Mary Therese McCarthy
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– Engelsk
~ United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)
mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature of the human body; graduated to cover a range a few degrees on either side of the normal body temperature
mercury-in-glass thermometer
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube
mercury thermometer
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube
maximum and minimum thermometer
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ thermometer that records the highest and lowest temperatures reached during a period of time
meat thermometer
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a thermometer that is inserted into the center of a roast (with the top away from the heat source); used to measure how well done the meat is
mid-thirties
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– Engelsk
~ the time of life between 30 and 40
melancholy thistle
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ perennial stoloniferous thistle of northern Europe with lanceolate basal leaves and usually solitary heads of reddish-purple flowers
milk thistle
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– Engelsk
~ any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil
milk thistle
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America
musk thistle
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– Engelsk
~ Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar
Mysore thorn
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~ spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers
mother-of-thousands
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– Engelsk
~ eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons
mocking thrush
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– Engelsk
~ thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
mistletoe thrush
— Navneord
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~ large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries
mistle thrush
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries