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Noun: ms (ms)
  1. The form of a literary work submitted for publication
    - manuscript
     
  2. One thousandth (10^-3) of a second
    - millisecond, msec
Noun: Ms.
  1. A form of address for a woman
    - Ms
Noun: MS
  1. A state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War
    - Mississippi, Magnolia State, Miss.
     
  2. A master's degree in science
    - Master of Science, SM, MSc
     
  3. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
    - multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, disseminated multiple sclerosis

Derived forms: Mses

Type of: American state, autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder, degenerative disorder, form of address, induration, master's degree, piece of writing, sclerosis, time unit, title, title of respect, unit of time, writing, written material

Part of: America, Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Deep South, Dixie, Dixieland, Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf States, s, sec, second, South, Southern United States, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

Encyclopedia: Ms

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