a situation in which no one can emerge as a clear winner
marital status
Noun
the condition of being married or unmarried
marriage of convenience
Noun
a marriage for expediency rather than love
misalliance
Noun
a marriage with a person of inferior social status
misalliance
Noun
an unsuitable alliance
misalliance
Noun
an unsuitable alliance
mesalliance
Noun
a marriage with a person of inferior social status
mesalliance
Noun
an unsuitable alliance
mesalliance
Noun
an unsuitable alliance
mésalliance
Noun
a marriage with a person of inferior social status
mésalliance
Noun
an unsuitable alliance
mésalliance
Noun
an unsuitable alliance
monandry
Noun
the state of having only one husband at a time
monogamy
Noun
the practive of having only one spouse at a time
monogamousness
Noun
having only one spouse at a time
monogyny
Noun
having only one wife at a time
meeting of minds
Noun
a state of cooperation
metabolic acidosis
Noun
acidosis and bicarbonate concentration in the body fluids resulting either from the accumulation of acids or the abnormal loss of bases from the body (as in diarrhea or renal disease)
metabolic alkalosis
Noun
alkalosis resulting from hydrogen-ion loss or excessive intake of alkaline substances
motionlessness
Noun
a state of no motion or movement
malnourishment
Noun
not having enough food to develop or function normally
moratorium
Noun
suspension of an ongoing activity
moratorium
Noun
a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged
mountain sickness
Noun
nausea and shortness of breath experienced by mountain climbers above ten thousand feet
mental exhaustion
Noun
exhaustion that affects mental keenness
myasthenia
Noun
any muscular weakness
myasthenia
Noun
a chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck)
malignant pustule
Noun
a form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins
metacyesis
Noun
pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus
malocclusion
Noun
(dentistry) a condition in which the opposing teeth do not mesh normally
mental disorder
Noun
(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion
mental disturbance
Noun
(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion
metabolic disorder
Noun
a disorder or defect of metabolism
malady
Noun
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
malady
Noun
any unwholesome or desperate condition
monogenic disorder
Noun
an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes
monogenic disease
Noun
an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes
male hypogonadism
Noun
the state of being a eunuch (either because of lacking testicles or because they failed to develop)
mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
Noun
an acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and fever
malaria
Noun
an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito
milk sickness
Noun
caused by consuming milk from cattle suffering from trembles
milk sickness
Noun
disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot
myasthenia gravis
Noun
a chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck)
myasthenic syndrome
Noun
a disease seen in patients with lung cancer and characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh muscles and an aching back
minimal brain dysfunction
Noun
a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
minimal brain damage
Noun
a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
mushroom poisoning
Noun
toxic condition caused by eating certain species of mushrooms, especially Amanita species
mitral valve prolapse
Noun
cardiopathy resulting from the mitral valve not regulating the flow of blood between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart
mitral stenosis
Noun
obstruction or narrowing of the mitral valve (as by scarring from rheumatic fever)