myositis trichinosa
— Noun
– English
～ infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted
magic trick
— Noun
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～ an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
Malope trifida
— Noun
– English
～ western Mediterranean annual having deep purple-red flowers subtended by 3 large cordate bracts
Menyanthes trifoliata
— Noun
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～ perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface
Magnolia tripetala
— Noun
– English
～ small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches
menage a trois
— Noun
– English
～ household for three; an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relations
moss-trooper
— Noun
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～ a marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland)
mason's trowel
— Noun
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～ a trowel used in masonry
moment of truth
— Noun
– English
～ the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull
moment of truth
— Noun
– English
～ a crucial moment on which much depends
Mao Tsetung
— Noun
– English
～ Chinese communist leader (1893-1976)
Montgomery's tubercle
— Noun
– English
～ one of the sebaceous glands on the areolae of the breast that lubricate the breast during breast-feeding
miliary tuberculosis
— Noun
– English
～ acute tuberculosis characterized by the appearance of tiny tubercles on one or more organs of the body (presumably resulting from tubercle bacilli being spread in the bloodstream)
Mary Tudor
— Noun
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～ daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; she was the wife of Philip II of Spain and when she restored Roman Catholicism to England many Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics (1516-1558)
Mexican tulip poppy
— Noun
– English
～ native of Mexican highlands grown for its glossy clear yellow flowers and blue-grey finely dissected foliage
mariposa tulip
— Noun
– English
～ any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico
Moreton Bay tulipwood
— Noun
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～ Australian tree yielding a variegated tulipwood
Marcus Tullius Cicero
— Noun
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～ a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)
metastatic tumor
— Noun
– English
～ a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body