MASS

MASS
Acronym for mitral valve prolapse, aortic anomalies, skeletal changes, and skin changes. See M. syndrome.
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mass 'mas n
1) the property of a body that is a measure of its inertia, that is commonly taken as a measure of the amount of material it contains, that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field, and that along with length and time constitutes one of the fundamental quantities on which all physical measurements are based
2) a homogeneous pasty mixture compounded for making pills, lozenges, and plasters <blue \mass>

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(mas) [L. massa] 1. a lump or body made up of cohering particles; see also massa. 2. a cohesive mixture suitable for being made up into pills. 3. the characteristic of matter that gives it inertia; the SI unit for mass is the kilogram. Symbol m>.

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