"M&M" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: M&M's [error-unknown-tag, plural], M&Ms [plural]
Etymology: Trade name, from the initials of the surnames of Forrest E. Mars Sr. and Bruce Murrie; introduced in the 1940s. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|M&M's|M&Ms|pl1qual=official}} M&M (plural (official) M&M's or M&Ms)
  1. A small milk chocolate candy piece with an artificially colored sugar coating, produced by Mars Incorporated. Derived forms: Fem&M's
    Sense id: en-M&M-en-name-qOdEwrOC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 81 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} M&M (uncountable)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of morbidity and mortality. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: morbidity and mortality Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-M&M-en-noun-f-DAW4Nx Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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