Category: M
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Monocular
Referring to one eye. Related to a single eye or a microscope with one eyepiece.
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Monoclonal antibody
An antibody which can be easily made in the laboratory by a single clone of cells. It may be useful in the treatment of cancer. Antibody produced from a special cell (hybridoma) that is very specific for a particular location in the body. Monoclonal antibodies are used in many areas of medicine for diagnostic tests…
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Monochromatism
Colour blindness in which all colours appear to be black, grey or white. Complete color blindness in which all colors are perceived as shades of gray.
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Monoblast
A cell which produces a monocyte. Large, immature monocyte, normally found in the bone marrow but present in the blood in certain diseases, especially monocytic leukemia. The earliest identifiable cell that gives rise to a monocyte. It is probably identical with the myeloblast and matures via an intermediate stage (promonocyte). It is normally found in…
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Monitoring
The regular examination and recording of a person’s temperature, weight, blood pressure and other essential indicators. Keeping track of events in a systematic fashion. The term is applied to monitoring the quality of medical care, monitoring the performance of physicians, and monitoring patient condition and response to care.
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Monckeberg’s arteriosclerosis
A condition of elderly people, where the media of the arteries in the legs harden, causing limping [Described 1903. After Johann Georg Menckeberg (1877-1925), German physician and pathologist.]
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Monaural
Referring to the use of one ear only.
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Molluscum sebaceum
A benign skin tumour which disappears after a short time. A skin growth primarily found on the face and extremities. It expands quickly over a few weeks but, if undisturbed, shrinks and vanishes within two to three months.
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Molluscum contagiosum
A contagious viral skin infection which gives a small soft sore. Virus disease of the skin characterized by white, rounded swellings that may resolve spontaneously or may be removed through surgery or other techniques. It is transmitted from person to person, occurring most often in children and adults with impaired immune function. A sexually transmitted…
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Molluscum
A soft round skin tumour. Skin disease characterized by soft round masses. Any of several skin diseases typified by the development of soft rounded tumors. Commonly, the term is used for molluscum contagiosum, a virus disease that produces small rounded pearl-like swellings with craters containing broken down matter. The condition is chronic and treatment is…