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Mace or MACE (ms)
An alternate trademark for Chemical Mace, an aerosol used to immobilize an attacker temporarily.
mace
[mās]
the oil-containing, red, fibrous wrapping of the nutmeg kernel. Dried and ground, it is used as an aromatic spice and flavoring. Compare Mace.
Mace,
trademark for a chemical lacrimator. The name is an abbreviation formed by letters in methylchloroform-2-chloroacetophenone, which is dispersed from a pressurized container to immobilize an attacker.
MACE
An acronym for objective measures of acute and/or adverse cardiovascular events (e.g., acute myocardial infarction, ischaemic stroke, coronary arterial occlusion, death) which are used to assess the effects of various interventions (e.g., rotablation, angioplasty, stenting) or therapeutics (e.g., antiarrhythmics, statins, ACE inhibitors) on outcomes, in the context of a clinical trial.
Mace [mās]
trademark for an aerosol mixture of CS, a common tear gas.
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