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Definition: MPS |
MPSNoun1. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MPS | English | Merill Palmer Scale | N/A |
MPS | German | Mitralklappenprolapssyndrom | Medicine |
MPS | Spanish | Mucopolisacaridosis | Medicine |
| MPS I | English | Hurler syndrome | Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: MPSSynonyms: mononuclear phagocyte system (n), system of macrophages (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: MPS |
| Specialty definitions using "MPS": MPS III. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Co-operators in politics : 18 MPs, 5 ministers : lead with the Co-operative Party. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Symptoms of MPS IV, or Morquio syndrome, usually appear in infancy and may include severe dwarfing and corneal clouding. (references) | |
Individuals with MPS III, or Sanfilippo syndrome, experience progressive dementia and mental deterioration in childhood. (references) | ||
Cardiac or respiratory disease may cause death in the third or fourth decade of life. MPS VI, or Maroteauz-Lamy syndrome, resembles Hurler syndrome. (references) | ||
Economic History | Bangladesh | The remaining 30 seats are reserved for women MPs, elected by the Parliament. (references) |
Chad | Deby's MPS party won 63 of 125 seats in the January 1997 legislative elections. (references) | |
Singapore | NMPs enjoy the same privileges as MPs but cannot vote on constitutional matters or expenditures of funds. (references) | |
Human Rights | Vietnam | In effect, the decree allows the MPS to place persons under house arrest without trial for up to 2 years. (references) |
Chad | On September 28, supporters of the MPS beat five party members in opposition candidate Yorongar's escort car near the presidential palace. (references) | |
Vietnam | The MPS may prohibit contact between a detainee and his lawyer as long as the procurator's office is investigating a case, which may be up to 1 year and may be without formal charges. (references) | |
Political Economy | Vietnam | The MPS controls the police, a special national security investigative agency, and other units that maintain internal security. (references) |
Finland | Nine of their eleven MPs are women, and they make up a disproportionately large bloc in the Finnish delegation to the European Parliament. (references) | |
Ghana | This notwithstanding, the Parliamentary committee system enables MPs to subject issues to close and detailed study, debate and objective criticism. (references) | |
Political Rights | Chad | For example, on April 19, members of the ruling MPS party attacked two opposition Federation Action for the Republic (FAR) party members during a campaign event in support of their candidate, Ngarlejy Yorongar. (references) |
Chad | Opposition political leaders accused the Government of coopting their most popular local politicians to run as MPS members in upcoming local elections and also alleged intimidation by the military against those party members who refused. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "MPS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 78.78% of the time. "MPS" is used about 2,565 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 78.78% | 2,021 | 4,269 |
| Noun (proper) | 21.22% | 544 | 11,385 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,565 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "MPS": MPS III. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "MPS": euro-mps. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
mps | 425 | mps staffing | 6 |
mps converter | 45 | canada mps | 6 |
mps player | 35 | mps revision | 5 |
free mps | 23 | download free mps | 5 |
downloads mps | 20 | go mps sr yu | 5 |
group mps | 19 | michelinman.com mps | 5 |
downloads free mps | 17 | between mpc mps relationship | 5 |
download mps | 13 | converter mps wav | 4 |
government mps sr yu | 12 | mps gold | 4 |
6 mazda mps | 10 | mps racing | 4 |
columbia growing item list mps offer popular | 9 | map mps | 4 |
file mps | 8 | 89 mps | 4 |
mps wav | 8 | math.msu.edu mps | 4 |
mps school | 7 | mps tech tetra | 4 |
mazda6 mps | 7 | cummins jetscan mps | 3 |
mps music | 7 | mazda mps | 3 |
mps yahoo | 7 | mps star tribune | 3 |
mps society | 6 | 1 mps | 3 |
mps inc | 6 | cd mps | 3 |
canadian mps | 6 | downloads free mps music | 3 |
free kazaa mps | 6 | mps wma | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "MPS": abamps, amps, bedlamps, bethumps, blimps, bumps, callithumps, camps, champs, chimps, chomps, chumps, clamps, clomps, clumps, comps, comsymps, contretemps, cramps, crimps, crumps, damps, decamps, dumps, encamps, firedamps, flashlamps, flumps, frumps, gamps, gazumps, gimps, gramps, grumps, headlamps, hemps, humps, imps, jumps, kemps, lamps, limps, lumps, metumps, minicamps, mugwumps, mumps, offramps, oilcamps, outjumps, outtrumps. (additional references) | |
Words containing "MPS": assumpsit, assumpsits, campsite, campsites, dempster, dempsters, dumpster, dumpsters, eclampsia, eclampsias, glimpse, glimpsed, glimpser, glimpsers, glimpses, glimpsing, hempseed, hempseeds, jumpsuit, jumpsuits, lampshell, lampshells, limpsey, limpsier, limpsiest, limpsy, metempsychoses, metempsychosis, palimpsest, palimpsests, preeclampsia, preeclampsias, sempstress, sempstresses, slimpsier, slimpsiest, slimpsy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "m-p-s" | |
+1 letter: amps, imps, maps, mops, pams, poms, samp, simp, spam, sump, umps. | |
+2 letters: bumps, camps, comps, damps, dumps, gamps, gimps, hemps, humps, impis, jumps, kemps, lamps, limps, lumps, mopes, mumps, palms, perms, pimas, pimps, plasm, plums, poems, pomes, pomps, prams, prims, prism, proms, psalm, pumas, pumps, ramps, romps, rumps, samps, scamp, simps, skimp, slump, spams, spasm, sperm, spume, spumy, stamp, stomp, stump, sumps, swamp, tamps, temps, tumps, vamps, wimps. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 50 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .--. ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01010000 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M P S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0050 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)475053 |
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