Medical Definition of MELAS
1. An acronym for mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactacidosis, and stroke; an inherited disorder of the respiratory chain, either a deficiency of NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I of the chain) or of cytochrome c oxidase. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of MELAS
| MDS MDT MDVP MDX MDiv MDs ME MEB MEB disease MECE | MEDEVAC MEF MEG MEK MEK kinase MELAS (current term) MEM MEN MENA MEP | MEPS MEQ METAR METARs METT-TC MEX MEd MFA MFC |
Literary usage of MELAS
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould (1882)
"I have heard that the most eminent among them were Melas, the Bishop of the
country; Denis and Solon, the brothers and successors of Melas. ..."
2. Napoleon; a History of the Art of War by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1904)
"Yet Melas was not seeking to escape by a back door. He had concluded to make a
bold stroke for liberty, to attack the French army, cut through it, ..."
3. Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon by Napoleon, Gaspard Gourgaud, Charles Jean Tristan Montholon (1823)
"Respective positions of the Armies o£ Italy—Genoa—Melas intersects the French
... He is invested in Genoa—Blockade of Genoa—Melas marches upon the Var: ..."
4. History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the by Archibald Alison (1860)
"At four o'clock the left wing of »ictor>fi the Allies came up under Melas, and
preparations were instantly made to take advantage of so great a ..."
5. A History of the British Army by John William Fortescue (1906)
"Abercromby, however, at once sent Brigadier John Hope to Melas with a message
that he would hold his troops ready to sail at the shortest notice, ..."
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