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Metipranolol
Metipranolol (OptiPranolol, Trimepranol) is a non-selective beta-blocker used as 0.3% eye drops twice daily for open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension; associated with granulomatous anterior uveitis and UK withdrawal.
Metiram
Metiram (CAS 9006-42-2), an ethylene bisdithiocarbamate contact fungicide (FRAC M03, Polyram) for grapes and potatoes; EU approval not renewed in 2023 over thyroid endocrine disrupting potential, withdrawal by 28 May 2024.
Metirosine
Metirosine, known in the United States as metyrosine, is a synthetic amino acid that inhibits tyrosine hydroxylase and is used to reduce catecholamine production in pheochromocytoma.
Métis
The Métis are one of Canada's three constitutionally recognized Indigenous peoples, a distinct nation emerging from the fur trade in west-central North America around Red River, with Michif and Bungi languages, the 1816 Métis flag, the Red River Resistance led by Louis Riel, and the Manitoba Act, 1870.
Metis (Μῆτις) (mythology)
Metis (Μῆτις), Greek Oceanid goddess of wise counsel and cunning, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, first wife of Zeus, who swallowed her to prevent a prophesied overthrowing son; mother of Athena.
Métis literature
Métis literature is the writing and oral tradition of the Métis, an Indigenous people of Canada, spanning over two centuries in English and French, from Louis Riel to Maria Campbell.
Metis Mons
Metis Mons, formerly Metis Regio, is a 920 km-wide mons (mountain feature) on Venus at 71°N, 253°E, IAU-approved in 2009, named for the Greek Titaness and anchoring the V-6 geologic quadrangle.
Métis oral literature and song
Métis oral literature and song is the spoken and sung storytelling tradition of the Métis people, passed down by Elders and blending Cree, Ojibwa, and French-Canadian influences.
METiS Pharmaceuticals
METiS Pharmaceuticals, now METiS TechBio, is a Chinese biotechnology company founded in 2020 in Hangzhou by three MIT-trained scientists, applying artificial intelligence to drug formulation and delivery.
METiS TechBio (剂泰科技)
METiS TechBio (剂泰科技), also known as Metanovas Biotech, is an AI-driven nano drug-delivery and biopharmaceutical company founded in 2020, headquartered in Beijing, and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as 7666.HK.
Metjen
Metjen, also rendered Methen, was a high official and territorial administrator of early Old Kingdom Egypt, whose mastaba at Saqqara holds one of the oldest known Egyptian autobiographies.
MeTL Group
MeTL Group, also known as Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited, is Tanzania's largest family-owned conglomerate, chaired by Mohammed Dewji and employing over 40,000 people across 11 African countries.
Metlen Energy & Metals
Metlen Energy & Metals, previously MYTILINEOS, is a Greek industrial and energy company founded in 1990 that operates in power generation, retail electricity supply, renewables, and aluminum production, and joined the FTSE 100 in 2025.
MetLife
MetLife, Inc., descended from Metropolitan Life Insurance Company founded in 1868, is a leading U.S. life insurer and employee-benefits provider operating in more than 40 markets with $624 billion in assets.
MetLife Building
The MetLife Building, originally the Pan Am Building, is a 59-story, 808-foot International Style office tower built above Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, opened in 1963.
MetLife Stadium
MetLife Stadium, shared by the New York Giants and New York Jets, is a sports and entertainment stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It has an 82,500 capacity.
Metobromuron
Metobromuron (CAS 3060-89-7) is a phenylurea, photosystem II-inhibiting herbicide (HRAC Group 5) applied pre-emergence in potatoes, sunflower, soybean, and tobacco; EU-approved since 2015 with approval extended to 2027.
Metoclopramide
Metoclopramide (Maxolon, Reglan) is a benzamide D2 antagonist, 5-HT4 agonist, and 5-HT3 antagonist anti-emetic and prokinetic, discovered in the 1950s from procainamide, limited by tardive dyskinesia risk and EU 5-day dosing caps.
Metodej Jilek
Metodej Jilek (Metoděj Jílek), born in Prague in 2006, is a Czech long-track speed skater who won gold in the 10,000 m and silver in the 5,000 m at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Metodi Hristov
Metodi Hristov, who records as METODI, is a Bulgarian techno DJ and producer who releases on Drumcode and Terminal M and owns the label Set About Music.
Metodija Andonov-Čento
Metodija Andonov-Čento (Методија Андонов-Ченто, 1902–1957) was a Macedonian merchant and politician who served as the first president of the ASNOM presidium in 1944, later imprisoned in Yugoslavia.
Metohija
Metohija (Albanian Dukagjin, Rrafshi i Dukagjinit) is the large southwestern basin and plain of Kosovo, drained by the White Drin, fertile and rainy (900–1,100 mm), the agricultural west of the territory.
Metoidioplasty
Metoidioplasty is a gender-affirming surgery, also called clitoral release, that reconstructs a testosterone-enlarged clitoris into a small neophallus, usually one-stage, enabling standing urination and preserved sensation but not penetrative intercourse.
Metol
Metol, also known as methylaminophenol, is a crystalline chemical used as a developing agent in black-and-white photography since the 1890s, most often paired with hydroquinone in MQ developers.
Metolachlor
Metolachlor is a chloroacetanilide herbicide, EPA-registered since 1976, applied preemergence in corn, soybeans, and cotton; since 1997 most product is the more active S-metolachlor, while the EU withdrew approval in 2024 over groundwater concerns.
Metolazone
Metolazone (Zaroxolyn, Mykrox) is a long-acting quinazoline thiazide-type diuretic approved by the FDA in 1973 for edema in heart failure and renal disease and for hypertension; it works even at GFR below 20 mL/min.
Metolcarb
Metolcarb (MTMC, Tsumacide), m-tolyl methylcarbamate, is a Nihon Nohyaku carbamate insecticide registered in Japan in 1967, a reversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitor for rice hoppers and fruit flies, unregistered in the U.S. and not EU-approved.
Meton (lunar crater)
Meton, lunar crater, Meton C and Meton D, large heavily eroded complex crater in the Moon's north polar region north of Mare Frigoris, about 125-130 km across, with a smooth floor flooded by Imbrium lava.
Meton of Athens
Meton of Athens, son of Pausanias, was a 5th-century BC Athenian astronomer who introduced the Metonic cycle, 19 tropical years equaling 235 lunar months, at Athens in 432 BC.
Metonic cycle
The Metonic cycle, named for the Athenian astronomer Meton, is a 19-year period containing almost exactly 235 lunar months, the basis of lunisolar calendars and Easter dating.