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- maceration
- herb preparation
softened by soaking
- macro-
- in botany,
giant
- manager disease
- obesity and/or
congestive heart failure associated with sedentary lifestyle
and high emotional stress
- MAO inhibitor
- monoamine oxidase
inhibitor
- mastodynia
- breast
pain
- medulla
- in botany,
pith
- megacolon
- massive dilation of the
colon
- melano-
- in botany, black, very
dark
- Ménière's
disease
- affliction of the
middle ear characterized by vertigo, nausea, vomiting,
tinnitus, and progressive deafness
- menopause
- permanent cessation of
menstruation
- menorrhagia
- abnormally heavy
menstrual period
- mesenchyma
- cells developing into
the synovial membrane of a joint
- mesenchymal
- refers to connective
tissue, blood, and lymphatics that originate from embryonic
mesoderm
- metabolite
- any product (foodstuff,
intermediate, waste product) of metabolism
- meteorism
- tympania; swelling of
the abdomen from gas in the intestinal or peritoneal
cavity
- methemoglobinuria
- excretion of
methemoglobin, a transformation product of hemoglobin, into
urine
- metrorrhagia
- any irregular, acyclic
bleeding from the uterus between periods
- micro-
- in botany, small,
little
- micturition
- urination
- migraine
- a symptom complex
occurring periodically and characterized by pain in the
head, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, photophobia, and visual
disturbance
- milk scall
- seborrhea of the scalp
in infants; cradle cap
- mineralocorticoid
- one of the steroids of
the adrenal cortex that influences salt (sodium, potassium)
metabolism
- mitosis
- cell
division
- monoamine oxidase
(MAO)
- enzyme catalyzing the
removal of an amine group from a variety of substrates,
including norepinephrine and dopamine
- montanus
- in botany, of the
mountains
- motility
- capacity for
spontaneous movement, frequently in reference to the
intestine
- mucilage
- preparation consisting
of a solution in water of the viscous principles of plants;
used as a soothing application to mucous
membranes
- mucolytic
- agent breaking down or
dissolving mucus
- mucosa
- mucous tissue layer
lining tubular structures (nasal passages, ear canal,
etc.)
- mucous
- containing or producing
mucus
- mucus
- the clear secretion of
the muous membrane
- multiple
sclerosis
- demyelinating disorder
of the central nervous system, causing patches of sclerosis
(plaques) in the brain and spinal cord, manifested by loss
of normal neurological functions, e.g., muscle weakness,
loss of vision, and mood alterations
- muscarine-like
effect
- having an effect
similar to a muscarinic, cholinergic compound; e.g., causing
vasodilation, salivation, bronchoconstriction, and
gastrointestinal stimulation
- muscarinergic
cholinoceptors
- parasympathetic
receptors
- musculotropic
- affecting, attracted
to, or acting upon muscle tissue
- mutagenicity
- production of genetic
alterations
- myalgia
- diffuse muscle
pain
- mydriasis
- dilation of the
pupil
- myocardium
- heart
muscle
- myodegenenation
- muscular
degeneration
- myogelosis
- a localized hardened
mass found in muscle tissue
- myoglobinuria
- excretion of the
muscle's oxygen-transport protein, myoglobin, in the
urine
- myopathy
- any disease or abnormal
condition of the muscular tissues
- myxedema
- a condition arising
from diminished thyroid function, characterized by hard
swelling of subcutaneous tissue, hair loss, lower
temperture, muscle debility, hoarseness and the slow return
of a muscle to neutral position after a tendon jerk
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