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M. Word. British English meanings. Meanings common to British and American English. American English meanings. mac. raincoat (short form of Mackintosh ) ( Mac) brand of Apple Inc. computers (short form of Macintosh) ( MAC, followed or not by "address") unique 6-character hexadecimal serial number assigned to a data transmission device such as a ...
Rheum from a cat's eyes. Rheum (/ r uː m /; from Greek: ῥεῦμα rheuma 'a flowing, rheum') is a thin mucus naturally discharged from the eyes, nose, or mouth, often during sleep (contrast with mucopurulent discharge). [1] [2] [3] Rheum dries and gathers as a crust in the corners of the eyes or the mouth, on the eyelids, or under the nose. [3]
t. e. Schadenfreude ( / ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another. It is a borrowed word from German; the English word for it is ...
The idea that myopia was caused by the eye strain involved in reading or doing other work close to the eyes was a consistent theme for several centuries. [101] In Taiwan, faced with a staggering rise in the number of young military recruits needing glasses, the schools were told to give students' eyes a 10-minute break after every half-hour of ...
Middle English (abbreviated to ME [1]) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English period.
Optical coherence tomography. A high-resolution spectral-domain OCT scan (3×3 mm) of a dry age-related macular degeneration eye showing geographic atrophy and drusen in macula on both cross-sectional and en face fly-through. Optical coherence tomography ( OCT) is an imaging technique that uses interferometry with short- coherence-length light ...
8.7% global prevalence in 2020 [ 2] Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration ( AMD or ARMD ), is a medical condition which may result in blurred or no vision in the center of the visual field. [ 1] Early on there are often no symptoms. [ 1] Over time, however, some people experience a gradual worsening of vision that ...
The Oxford English Dictionary contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary does not contain antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters), as the editors found no widespread, sustained usage of the word in its original meaning. The longest word in that dictionary is electroencephalographically (27 ...