| MACROBIOTICS | • macrobiotics n. The art of prolonging life. • MACROBIOTICS n. the art or science of prolonging life; a cult partly concerned with diet, foods regarded as pure being vegetable substances grown and prepared without chemicals or processing. |
| MACROCEPHALY | • macrocephaly n. (Medicine) A condition in which the head is abnormally large. • macrocephaly n. (Geography) The excessive concentration of population and development in a single centre, to the detriment… • MACROCEPHALY n. largeness, or abnormal largeness, of the head. |
| MACROCLIMATE | • macroclimate n. The climate of a relatively large geographic area. • MACROCLIMATE n. large-scale climate. |
| MACROCYTOSES | • macrocytoses n. Plural of macrocytosis. • MACROCYTOSIS n. the occurrence of macrocytes in the blood. |
| MACROCYTOSIS | • macrocytosis n. The presence of macrocytes in the blood. • MACROCYTOSIS n. the occurrence of macrocytes in the blood. |
| MACRODACTYLS | • macrodactyls n. Plural of macrodactyl. • MACRODACTYL n. one of a group of wading birds. |
| MACRODACTYLY | • macrodactyly n. Localized gigantism in fingers or toes. • MACRODACTYLY n. the condition of being macrodactylous, having large fingers. |
| MACROFOSSILS | • macrofossils n. Plural of macrofossil. • MACROFOSSIL n. a fossil large enough to be seen with the naked eye. |
| MACROGAMETES | • macrogametes n. Plural of macrogamete. • MACROGAMETE n. the larger and usually female gamete of a heterogamous organism, also MEGAGAMETE. |
| MACROGRAPHIC | • macrographic adj. Of or relating to macrography. • MACROGRAPHIC adj. of or like a macrograph, a photograph, drawing, etc. in which an object appears as large as or several times larger than the original. |
| MACRONUCLEAR | • macronuclear adj. Of or pertaining to a macronucleus. • MACRONUCLEAR adj. of or like a macronucleus. |
| MACRONUCLEUS | • macronucleus n. (Biology) The larger of the two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans; it controls the nonreproductive… • MACRONUCLEUS n. a relatively large densely staining nucleus of most ciliate protozoans that is derived from micronuclei and controls various nonreproductive functions. |
| MACROPHAGOUS | • macrophagous adj. (Zoology) That feeds on relatively large particles or prey. • MACROPHAGOUS adj. of an animal, feeding on relatively large particles of food. |
| MACROPHYSICS | • macrophysics n. (Physics) The branch of physics that deals with those phenomena that can be directly observed. • MACROPHYSICS n. the branch of physics concerned with macroscopic systems and objects. |
| MACROPTEROUS | • macropterous adj. Having long wings or fins. • MACROPTEROUS adj. having large wings or fins. |