Category: M
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Microdebrider
An electromechanical cutting instrument used in endoscopic surgeries to remove tissues with a series of rotating blades and a suction device. This tool is often used in sinus and endobronchial procedures and other applications in which healthy tissues need to be spared while navigating inflamed or cancerous lesions.
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Microcurie-hour
The radiation produced by radioactive decay at the rate of 3. 7 X 104 atoms per second.
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Microcoulomb
A microunit of current electricity; one-millionth part (10-6) of a coulomb.
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Micrococcaceae
A family of gram-positive cocci that includes the genera Micrococcus, Sarcina, and Staphylococcus.
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Microcinematography
Motion pictures of microscopic objects.
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Microchimerism
The presence in a tissue of some cells of alien origin, e.g., of fetal cells in a pregnant woman’s bloodstream.
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Microchemistry
Branch of chemistry analyzing specimens of minute quantity.
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Microcheiria
Abnormal smallness of the hands.
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Microcephalus
Individual with an exceptionally small head. An individual with an unusually small head.
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Microcentrum
The cytoplasm that contains the centrioles.