Category: M

An analgesic that also reduces inflammation and fever and is used to treat headache, toothache, rheumatic pain, and similar conditions. It is administered by mouth; side-effects include digestive upsets, drowsiness, and skin rashes.  

An antihistamine drug used mainly to prevent and treat nausea and vomiting, particularly in motion sickness, and also to relieve allergic reactions. It is administered by mouth.  

A cartilaginous bar in the fetus around which the mandible develops. Part of Meckel’s cartilage develops into the malleus (an ear ossicle) in the adult.  

A group of cells that respond to mechanical distortion, such as that caused by stretching or compressing a tissue, by generating a nerve impulse in a sensory nerve. Touch receptors, proprioceptors, and the receptors for hearing and balance all belong to this class. A receptor that receives mechanical stimuli such as pressure from sound or…

A drug used to lower high blood pressure. It is administered by mouth and may cause dizziness, blurred vision, digestive upsets, and dry mouth.  

The point on the abdomen that overlies the anatomical position of the appendix and is the site of maximum tenderness in acute appendicitis. It lies one third of the way along a line drawn from the anterior superior iliac spine (the projecting part of the hipbone) to the umbilicus.  

A unit of magnetic flux equal to a flux of 1 gauss per square centimeter.  

Increase in the size of the breasts because of multiplication and growth (hyperplasia) of normal mammary gland cells.  

A drug that prevents the growth of cancer cells and is used in the treatment of some types of leukemia and other cancers. It is administered by injection or by mouth and often causes nausea and vomiting.  

A drug that prevents bacterial growth and was formerly used to treat infections of the urinary system (it has now largely been replaced by antibiotics). Mandelic acid is administered by mouth. Also known as mandelamine, a non-toxic ketoacid used occasionally to treat urinary tract infections, especially those due to Escherichia coli and Streptococcus (or Enterococcus)…