Category: M

General anesthesia produced by more than one drug, such as propofol for induction, followed by an inhaled drug for maintenance of anesthesia.  

In a young child, iron-deficiency anemia caused by consistent consumption of milk in amounts greater than 1 qt daily. This excessive milk intake displaces iron-rich foods in the diet.  

A surgical instrument that holds two segments of resected bowel together with progressively increasing magnetic force. It is used to help restore bowel continuity in patients who have had colonic resection. It consists of two cobalt magnetic circles embedded in polyester and applied to the bowel so that the submucosal layers of the resected bowel…

Inability to produce musical sounds.  

Typical hair loss pattern of males in which the alopecia begins in the frontal area and proceeds until only a horseshoe area of hair remains in the back and at the temples. This loss is dependent on the presence of the androgenic hormone testosterone.  

Inability to read music. It may be sensory, optic, or visual, but not motor.  

Inability to read aloud while remaining able to understand what is written or printed.  

The small volume of air trapped in the alveoli when lungs collapse.  

Dead space air provided by artificial means, as with mechanical ventilation or the addition of plastic tubing to a ventilator circuit.  

Inability to write due to muscular incoordination.