Category: M

Spasmodic action of the hands in which they seem drawn to strike any near object, as spasmodic rapping against thighs or furniture.  

A four-point scale used to assess the relative ease of oral (endotracheal) intubation of a patient based on the size and position of the tongue relative to the size of the pharyngeal opening. The patient should be assessed in the sitting position, with the neck in neutral position, the mouth maximally opened, and the tongue…

To feign illness, usually to arouse sympathy, to escape work, or to continue to receive compensation.  

Intravascular large cell lymphoma that is typically found in the blood vessels of the skin and central nervous system and is often rapidly fatal.  

Failure of semen to be ejaculated from the urinary meatus during coitus.  

Acting in a deliberately harmful manner toward others.  

Any explanation for a couple’s difficulty in conceiving a child that results from diseases of the male reproductive organs, such as a low sperm count or inadequate sperm motility.  

Defective, incomplete, or faulty assimilation, especially of nutritive material. Impaired absorption, typically indicating the inability to assimilate specific types of nutrients from the intestine.  

A species that has been transferred from the pet dogs of health care workers to the infants in a neonatal unit.  

Having the property of killing malaria parasites.