Category: M

Two paired rounded swellings in the floor of the hypothalamus, immediately behind the pituitary gland.    

The part of a nephron comprising the blood capillaries of the glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman’s capsule.  

The noneruption or malpositioning of teeth.  

A magnesium salt with effects and uses similar to those of magnesium carbonate.  

A weak antacid used to relieve indigestion and also pain due to stomach and duodenal ulcers; it is also used as a mild laxative. It is usually given with other compounds in mixtures, powders, and tablets.  

A genus of widely distributed fungi. The species M. grisea and M. mycetomi cause the tropical infection Madura foot.  

An infection of the tissues and bones of the foot producing chronic inflammation (mycetoma), occurring in the tropics. It is caused by various filamentous fungi (e.g. Madurella) and certain bacteria of the genera Nocardia and Streptomyces. Tropical infection of the foot by deeply invasive fungi which cause chronic swelling with pus discharging from multiple sinuses.…

A congenital deficiency of the eyelashes and eyebrows, which are sometimes absent altogether.  

An abnormal form of neutrophil (a type of white blood cell) the nucleus of which has an excessively large number of lobes. Macropolycytes are seen in vitamin B12 or folic acid deficiency.  

An abnormal form of any of the cells (normoblasts) that form a series of precursors of red blood cells. Macronormoblasts are unusually large but have normal nuclei (compare megaloblast); they are seen in certain anemias in which red cell production is impaired.