Category: M

Referring to the molar teeth in the lower jaw and the hyoid bone.  

An infestation by larvae of flies. Infection or infestation with the larvae of flies, most often through a wound or other opening. An infestation of living human tissue or organs by maggots, which are flies in an immature stage. Myiasis may be caused by the larvae of several different species of flies, called myiatic flies.…

A layer of muscles in the small intestine, which produces peristalsis. The muscular layer of the intestine, consisting of a layer of circular muscle inside a layer of longitudinal muscle. These muscles are used in peristalsis.  

Any disorder of the spinal cord or bone marrow. Symptoms of spinal cord impairment from spinal cord disease. Types of myelopathy include syphilitic myelopathy and cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Any pathological condition of the spinal cord. Myelopathy is a pathological condition characterized by the presence of diseased or damaged spinal cord tissue. A disorder affecting the…

A disease where malignant tumours infiltrate the bone marrow. A malignant disorder of plasma cells, derived from B-lymphocytes. In most patients the bone marrow is heavily infiltrated with atypical, monoclonal plasma cells, which gradually replace the normal cell lines, inducing anaemia, leucopenia, and thrombocytopenia. Bone absorption occurs, producing diffuse osteoporosis. In some cases only part…

Softening of the spinal cord, often due to inadequate blood supply.    

Red bone marrow. A tissue in the bone marrow in which the various classes of blood cells are produced. The bone marrow in which most blood cells are formed.  

Referring to bone marrow, or produced by bone marrow. Referring to the spinal cord. An adjective that relates to the granulocyte precursor cell in the bone marrow. For example, myeloid leukaemia, which arises from abnormal growth in the blood-forming tissue of the bone marrow. Similar to bone marrow; originating from bone marrow; related to myelocytes.…

A precursor of a granulocyte leukocytes (eosinophils, basophils, and neutrophils) that normally occurs in bone marrow but increases in number in peripheral circulation in certain diseases, especially myeloblastic leukemia. The earliest identifiable cell that gives rise to a granulocyte, having a large nucleus and scanty cytoplasm. It is normally found in the blood-forming tissue of…

Referring to nerve fibre covered by a myelin sheath.