Category: M

The diaphragm; the middle region of the torso.  

The plane bisecting a symmetrical structure; the median plane.  

An accounting of the number of residents living in a care facility at night. This number is the one used in the U.S. by the Centers for Medicare Services to determine how much reimbursement the facility will receive for the care of its residents. It may differ from the daytime census in that during the…

A nontechnical term for a very small person; an adult who is perfectly formed but has not attained and will not attain normal size.  

Small, gnat-like flies including those from the families Chironomidae and Ceratopogonidae. Some cause painful bites.  

The area of the foot surrounding the cuboid, cuneiform, and navicular bones that lies between the forefoot and hindfoot.  

Atelectasis, bronchiectasis, or chronic pneumonitis of the middle lobe of the right lung, possibly due to calcified lymph nodes compressing the right middle lobe bronchus.  

Microtubules that appear as a granule between daughter cells during telophase of mitosis.  

To pass urine from the bladder.  

The scientific name for the eastern coral snake, a venomous snake of the Elapidae family.