1. A soft mass left after extraction of the active principles. 2. A salve or thick paste. [G. a soft mass or salve, fr. masso, to knead]
- m. reticulare delicate noncellular strands running between the yolk sac and the outer wall of the blastocyst which is the early chorionic sac.
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mag·ma 'mag-mə n
1) a crude mixture of mineral or organic matter in the state of a thin paste
2) a suspension of a large amount of precipitated material (as in milk of magnesia) in a small volume of a watery vehicle
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mag·ma (magґmə) [Gr. massein to knead] 1. a thick, viscous, aqueous suspension of finely divided, insoluble, inorganic material. 2. a thin, pastelike substance composed of organic material.Medical dictionary. 2011.