Category: M

A hepatic enzyme system that catabolizes drugs and other potentially toxic substances. Ethanol ingested in relatively small amounts is catabolized by the hepatic enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase. Whenever ingested amounts of ethanol are large enough to overcome or deplete the alcohol dehydrogenase system, the MEOS becomes the major route for ethanol catabolism. Ethanol breakdown by the…

Having a poorly developed sense of smell.  

Possessing an orbital index of less than 83.  

A means of imaging tissues that are deep within the body using infrared fluorescence. The technique relies on the absorption of two photons directed into tissues by a pulsed infrared laser. It can be applied to the visualization of tissues beneath the body surface and to optical biopsy.  

Either of two forms of colitis (collagenous and lymphocytic), in which people have chronic, watery diarrhea despite having normal-appearing bowels during endoscopy or radiologic study.  

Device for measuring oxygen consumption of minute amounts of tissue.  

Refractometer used to study cells, especially red blood cells.  

One with unusually small feet.  

A very small incision or puncture of a structure such as a single cell.  

Projection of images of microscopic objects upon a screen.