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Virulence; deadly quality. His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease. Hayward.

tice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results. [Written also malepractice.]

A system or wireless telegraphy developed by G. Marconi, an Italian physicist, in which Hertzian waves are used in transmission and a coherer is used as the receiving instrument.

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies. The material elements of the universe. Whewell.

nature of materialism. But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics. C. Kingsley.

treats of magnitude as subsisting in material bodies, and is consequently interwoven with physical considerations.

or is supposed to be given, and in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical processes and relations; -- opposed to form. Mansel.

. -- Mechanical philosophy, the principles of mechanics applied to the inverstigation of physical phenomena. -- Mechanical powers, certain simple instruments, such as the lever and its modifications (the wheel and axle and the pulley), the inclined plane with its modifications (the screw and the wedge), which convert…

Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic. By medicine, life may be prolonged. Shak.

t medium of exchange, whether coin, bank notes, or government notes. -- Ethereal medium (Physics), the ether. -- Medium of exchange, that which is used for effecting an exchange of commodities -- money or current representatives of money.

d condition of the semicircular canals of the internal ear. Named after Ménière, a French physician.

A physician who uses much mercury, in any of its forms, in his practice.

Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians called methodists. Johnson. -- Me*thod"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Me*thod"ic*al*ness, n.

One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory. Sir W. Hamilton.

as endowed with the power to produce all the changes they undergo, and thus determine all physical and spiritual phenomena.

Rome, Italy), and first fully described by her in 1909. Leading features are freedom for physical activity (no stationary desks and chairs), informal and individual instruction, the very early development of writing, and an extended sensory and motor training (with special emphasis on vision, touch, perception of move…

a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral pressure or support.

In moral qualities; in disposition and character; as, one who physically and morally endures hardships.

the weakness and easy credulity of men, that a mountebank ... is preferred before an able physician. Whitlock.

istian, one who believes in a part of religious duty to maintain a healthful and vigorous physical state. T. Hughes. -- Muscular CHristianity. (a) The practice and opinion of those Christians who believe that it is a part of religious duty to maintain a vigorous condition of the body, and who therefore approve of athl…