Category: M

Ammeter registering in milliamperes.  

An acute polyneuropathy thought to represent a variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome. Its characteristic features include: difficulty walking, loss of reflexes, and extraocular paralysis. The disease often follows infections with and may be caused by an abnormal immune response to certain pathogens, especially Campylobacter jejuni and certain viruses. It is treated with plasmapheresis. Recovery is usually…

A widely used standardized developmental screening test for youngsters from 2 to 5 years of age. It contains sensory, motor, and cognitive performance items.  

A test to assess a person’s ability to see the connections between words or concepts. The test consists of 100 core items designed in the following format: X is to Y as ? is to B, where ? denotes a blank that must be filled in with one of several choices. The test may be…

Failure of reabsorption of phosphate by the renal tubules. This failure causes osteomalacia that produces a transverse striped area of multiple pseudofractures in bone x-rays.  

The ejection of a mother’s milk from the alveoli of the breast into the mammary ducts and to the nipple.  

Removal of the contents of a tubular structure, such as the urethra, by compressing the tube with the fingers and moving them along the course of the tube and away from the origin of the urethra. This maneuver forces material out of the tube that might not otherwise be seen or available for study.  

A colloquial term for an elevation in body temperature that occurs after childbirth. It may be caused by genitourinary infection, noninfectious inflammation of the lactating breasts, or infectious mastitis.  

Milk altered so that its composition more closely approximates that of human milk.  

Milk released once lactation has become fully established.