Medical Terminology & Phrases

M proteins
M.P.H.
MAC (Mycobacterium avium complex)
Macerate
Macewen operation
Macewen sign
Machine, continuous passive motion machine
Machine, CPM
Machine, heart-lung
Macro- (prefix)
Macroangiopathy
Macrobiota
Macrobiotic
Macrobiotic diet
Macrocephaly
Macrocytic
Macrogenitosomia
Macroglobulinemia, Waldenstrom
Macroglossia
Macrognathia
Macrolide
Macrophage
Macrophagic myofasciitis
Macroscopic
Macrosomia
Macula
Macular (skin)
Macular degeneration
Macular vision
Macule
Macules
Madelung disease
Magendie, foramen of
Maggot
Magnesia
Magnesium
Magnesium deficiency
Magnesium excess
Magnetic resonance imaging
Maimonides' prayer
Maintenance therapy
Major
Major anomaly
Major histocompatabilty complex (MHC)
Malabsorption
Malacia
Malady
Malaise
Malar
Malaria
Malaria, falciparum
Male
Male breast cancer
Male chromosome complement
Male condom
Male gonad
Male pelvis
Malformation, arteriovenous
Malformation, arteriovenous (AVM)
Malignancy
Malignant
Malignant giant cell tumor
Malignant melanoma
Malleability, brain
Malleolus
Malleus
Malrotated ear
Malrotation of the intestine
Mammary gland
Mammogram
Managed care
Mandible
Maneuver, Heimlich
Maneuver, Valsalva
Mania
Manic
Manic-depression
Manic-depressive disease
Manicheel tree
MAO inhibitor
MAOI
Map, contig
Map, cytogenetic
Map, linkage
Map, physical
Map-dot-fingerprint type corneal dystrophy
Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD)
Mapping
Mapping, gene
Marasmus
Marburg disease
Marburg virus
Marfan syndrome
Marijuana
Mark of Cain
Marker
Marker chromosome
Marker gene
Marker, blood
Marker, tumor
Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome
Marriage, cousin
Marrow
Marsh fever
MASA syndrome
Mask of pregnancy
Mask, oxygen
Masklike face
Masochism
MASS syndrome
Massage
Massage therapist
Masseter
Mast cell
Mastalgia
Mastectomy
Mastectomy, double
Mastectomy, preventative
Mastectomy, prophylactic
Mastectomy, radical
Mastectomy, simple
Mastectomy, subcutaneous
Masticate
Mastitis
Mastoid
Mastoiditis
Maternal mortality rate
Maternal myasthenia gravis
Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP)
Mathematics disorder
Matter, gray
Matter, white
Maxilla
MCAT
McBurney's point
MCH
MCHC
McKusick-Kaufman syndrome
MCL (medial collateral ligament) of the knee
MCTD
MCV
Mean cell hemoglobin
Mean cell hemoglobin concentration
Mean cell volume
Measles
Measles encephalitis
Measles immunization
Measles syndrome, atypical (AMS)
Measly
Measly tapeworm
Meatus
Meatus, female urethral
Mechanical ventilation
Meckel's diverticulum
Meconium
Meconium ileus
MECP2 (methyl-CpG-binding protein-2)
Med1 DNA repair gene
Medial
Medial (anatomic orientation)
Medial collateral ligament (MCL) of the knee
Medial meniscus of the knee
Median
Mediastinoscopy
Mediastinotomy
Mediastinum
Medicaid
Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT)
Medical directives, advance
Medical history
Medical journal, first American
Medical journals
Medical physics
Medical Repository
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Medical research resource, ATCC as
Medical school, first American
Medical symbol
MedicAlert
Medicare
Medicare Part A
Medicare Part B
Medication, ACE-inhibitor
Medication, anti-infective
Medication, anti-platelet
Medication, antibiotic
Medication, anticoagulant
Medication, antifungal
Medication, antimicrobial
Medication, antiprotozoal
Medication, antiviral
Medication, beta-blocker
Medication, clot-dissolving
Medication, generic
Medication, vasodilator
Medicine, forensic
Medicine, legal
Medicine, transfusion
Medicine, travel
Medicins Sans Frontieres
Medigap
Meditation
Mediterranean anemia
Mediterranean Fever
MEDLARS
MEDLINE
Medulla
Medulla oblongata
Medulla, adrenal
Medulloblastoma
MEDVAC
Mega- (prefix)
Megacolon
Megakaryocyte
Megalencephaly
Megrim
Meibomian cyst
Meibomian glands
Meibomianitis
Meibomitis
Meiosis
Meiotic
Meiotic nondisjunction
Melan- (prefix)
Melancholia
Melanin
Melanocytes
Melanoderma
Melanoma
Melanoma, amelanic
Melanoma, benign
Melanoma, benign juvenile
Melanoma, choroidal malignant
Melanoma, nodular
Melanoma, superficial spreading
MELAS syndrome
Melasma
Melatonin
Melena
Melioidosis
Melissophobia
Melorheostosis
Meltdown, genetic
Membrane
Membrane attack complex
Membrane, vaginal
Membranous gingivitis, acute
Memory
Memory B cells
Memory span
Memory, anterograde
Memory, long-term
Memory, recent
Memory, short-term
Memory, working
Menarche
Mendelian
Mendelian inheritance
Mendelism
Menetrier's disease
Meniere disease
Meninges
Meningioma
Meningitis
Meningitis vaccine
Meningitis, aseptic
Meningitis, bacterial
Meningitis, benign recurrent aseptic
Meningitis, cryptococcal
Meningitis, infectious
Meningitis, Kernig sign of
Meningitis, meningococcal
Meningitis, Mollaret
Meningitis, neoplastic
Meningitis, viral
Meningocele (MM)
Meningococcal vaccine
Meningococcus
Meningomyelocele
Meniscus
Meniscus injury
Meniscus, lateral knee
Meniscus, medial knee
Menkes syndrome
Menometorrhagia
Menopause
Menopause transition
Menopause, chemical
Menopause, induced
Menopause, natural
Menopause, radiation
Menopause, surgical
Menorrhagia
Menstrual cramps
Menstrual cycle
Menstrual irregularity
Menstrual spotting
Menstrual synchronization
Menstruation
Menstruation, anovular
Menstruation, anovular
Menstruation, cessation of
Menstruation, retrograde
Mental child injury
Mental retardation, blindness, deafness, seizures
Mercury poisoning
Merkle cell carcinoma
Mesenteric artery
Mesenteric vein
Mesentery
Mesothelioma
Messenger RNA (mRNA)
Metabolic diseases, inherited
Metabolic rate, basal
Metabolism
Metabolism, inborn errors of
Metabolism, inborn errors of
Metacarpals
Metacentric chromosome
Metaphase (cell cycle)
Metaphase chromosome
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia (McKusick type)
Metastasis
Metastasize
Metatarsals
Meter, peak-flow
Methadone
Methemoglobin
Methemoglobinemia
Method, rhythm
Methyl-CpG-binding protein-2 (MECP2)
Methylmalonicaciduria
Metorrhagia
Meuse fever
mg
MG (myasthenia gravis)
MHC
MI (myocardial infaction)
Micro-
Microangiopathy
Microbe
Microbicide
Microcephaly
Microcystic corneal dystrophy
Microdeletion
Microdosimetry
Microhematuria
Microorchidism
Micropenis
Microphallus
Microphthalmia
Micropigmentation
Microscope
Microscope, compound
Microscope, electron (EM)
Microscope, fluorescent
Microscope, simple
Microscopic
Microscopic anatomy
Microscopic gallstones
Microscopy
Microscopy, electron (EM)
Microsomia
Micturate
Micturition
Micturition syncope
Midbrain aqueduct
Middle ear
Middle ear infection, acute
Midwife
Midwife assistant
Midwife, certified
Midwife, certified nurse
Midwife, certified professional
Midwife, direct-entry
Midwife, empirical
Midwife, lay
Midwife, traditional
Mifepristone
Migraine
Migraine aura
Migraine headache
Migraine, abdominal
Migraine, classic
Migraine, common
Migraine, ocular
Migraine, ophthalmic
Migrainous neuralgia
Miliary aneurysm
Miliary tuberculosis
Milk allergy, cow
Milk, witch's
Milligram
Milwaukee brace
Milzbrand
Mimesis
Mimetic
Mineral requirements, infant
Mineralocorticoids
Minimata disease
Minipill
Minor
Minor anomaly
Minor salivary gland
Miosis
Miscarriage
Miscarriages, multiple
Mismatch repair
Missense mutation
Mite-borne typhus
Mitochondria
Mitochondrial
Mitochondrial disease
Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial encephalopathy, MELAS
Mitochondrial genome
Mitochondrial inheritance
Mitochondrial myopathy
Mitochondrion
Mitosis
Mitotic
Mitotic nondisjunction
Mitral insufficiency
Mitral prolapse
Mitral regurgitation
Mitral valve
Mitral valve prolapse
Mittelschmerz
Mixed connective tissue disease
Mixed mania
MM
mm
MMR
MMWR
Modifiers, biological response (BRMs)
Mohs surgery
Moisturize
Molar
Molars
Mold
Mole
Molecule
Molecules, recombinant DNA
Mollaret meningitis
Molluscum contagiosum
Mongolism
Monilia
Moniliasis, oral
Monitor, Holter
Monkeypox
Mono
Monoamine oxidase inhibitor
Monoarticular
Monochromat
Monochromatism
Monoclonal
Monoclonal antibodies
Monocyte
Mononeuritis
Mononeuritis multiplex
Mononucleosis
Monosodium glutamate
Monosomy
Monozygous twins
Moral behavior center
Morbidity
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Morbilli
Mordant
Morgue
Morning sickness
Morphine
Morphology
Morquio syndrome
Mortality rate
Mortality rate, fetal
Mortality rate, infant
Mortality rate, maternal
Mortality rate, neonatal
Mortality, infant
Mosaic
Mother
Motility study, antro-duodenal
Motion sickness
Motion, range of
Motor
Motulsky dye test
Mountain sickness
Mountain sickness, acute (AMS)
Mouse genome
Mouth, trench
Movement, fetal
Moyamoya
MPS (mucopolysaccharidosis)
MRA
MRC
MRI
MRI, endorectal
mRNA
MS
MSAFP (maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein)
MSG
mtDNA
Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
Mucolipidoses
Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS)
Mucosa
Mucous
Mucoviscidosis
Mucus
Mucus colitis
Multi-infarct dementia
Multifactorial
Multifactorial inheritance
Multipara
Multipara, grand
Multiparous
Multiple myeloma
Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Multiple symmetric lipomatosis
Mumps
Mumps immunization
Mumps in pregnancy
Munchausen syndrome
Munchhausen by proxy
Munchhausen syndrome
Münchhausen syndrome
Murine typhus
Murmur
Mus musculus genome
Muscle
Muscle, abductor
Muscle, adductor
Muscle, cardiac
Muscle, central core disease of (CCD)
Muscle, ciliary
Muscle, heart
Muscle, infraspinatus
Muscle, papillary
Muscle, piriformis
Muscle, psoas
Muscle, subscapularis
Muscle, supraspinatus
Muscle, teres minor
Muscles, abdominal
Muscular
Muscular atrophy, post-polio (PPMA)
Muscular dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy, Becker
Muscular dystrophy, congenital
Muscular dystrophy, distal
Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne
Muscular dystrophy, Emory-Dreifuss
Muscular dystrophy, facioscapulohumeral
Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle
Muscular dystrophy, myotonic
Muscular dystrophy, oculopharyngeal
Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, Nat'l Institute
Mustard (Arabidopsis thaliana) genome
Mutagen
Mutant
Mutation
Mutation, acquired
Mutation, germline
Mutation, hereditary
Mutation, missense
Mutation, nonsense
Mutation, null
Mutation, point
Mutation, private
Mutation, somatic
Mute
Mutism
Mutism, akinetic
Mutism, elective
Myalgia
Myalgia, epidemic
Myasthenia gravis (MG)
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
Mycoplasma
Mycosis fungoides
Mydriasis
Myelin
Myelitis
Myelodysplastic syndrome
Myeloencephalitis
Myelofibrosis
Myelogenous
Myelogram
Myeloid
Myeloma
Myeloproliferative disorders
Myocardial bridge
Myocardial infarction, acute
Myocarditis
Myocardium
Myoclonic twitch
Myoclonus
Myofascial pain syndrome
Myoglobin
Myokymia
Myoma
Myometrium
Myopathy
Myopathy, mitochondrial (MELAS)
Myopia
Myositis
Myotonic dystrophy
Myriad
Myringotomy
Myxedema, infantile

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