Category: M

A synthetic male sex hormone with the same actions and uses as methandienone. Side-effects may include symptoms of virilization in women, such as growth of body hair and voice changes.  

A synthetic male sex hormone with anabolic properties, used to build up tissues in wasting  diseases, such as osteoporosis, and during convalescence. Methandienone is administered by mouth; side-effects are uncommon, but nausea, menstrual abnormalities, and fluid retention may occur.  

Part of the hindbrain, formed by the pons and the cerebellum and continuous below with the medulla oblongata. The anterior portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon, from which the cerebellum and pons arise.  

A part of the thalamus consisting of two nuclei through which impulses pass from the eyes and ears to be distributed to the cerebral cortex.  

The excretory organ of the fetus, which develops into the kidney and is formed from the rear portion of the nephrogenic cord. It does not become functional until birth, since urea is transferred across the placenta to the mother. The permanent kidney of amniotes (reptiles, birds, and mammals). Part of the metanephros develops from the…

An immature granulocyte (a type of white blood cell), having a kidney-shaped nucleus {compare myelocyte) and cytoplasm containing neutrophil, eosinophil, or basophil granules. It is normally found in the blood-forming tissue of the bone marrow but may appear in the blood in a wide variety of diseases, including acute infections. An immature granulocyte (white blood…

A genus of small flukes, usually less than 3 mm in length, common as parasites of dogs and cats in the Far East, N Siberia, and the Balkan States. Adult flukes of M. yokogawai occasionally infect the duodenum of man if undercooked fish (the intermediate host) is eaten. They may cause inflammation and some ulceration…

The property of a dye of staining certain tissues or cells a color that is different from that of the stain itself. Histological staining in which one stain may produce a variety of colors in the tissues. The colors are different from that of the dye used.    

A chromosome in which the centromere is at or near the center of the chromosome. Term indicating a chromosome with the centromere in the median position, making the arms of the chromosome equal in length.  

A structure occurring in some bacterial cells, formed by infolding of the cell membrane. Mesosomes are associated with the DNA and play a part in cell division. In bacteria, one or more invaginations of the cell membrane, believed to contain the enzymes for cellular respiration.