Category: M

A drinking water containing dissolved mineral salts from the ground the water is piped from. It is bottled and sold. Water that contains sufficient inorganic salts to cause it to have therapeutic properties. Discover the wonders of natural mineral waters that emerge from the depths of the earth in numerous locations, each unique in its…

A person who works in a coal mine.  

Try to stop her worrying about them.  

A form of mercury poisoning from eating polluted fish, found first in Japan. Form of mercury poisoning that occurred among people eating fish from mercury-contaminated waters of Minamata Bay, off Japan, in the 1950s. It is characterized by severe neurological degeneration with symptoms of paresthesia of mouth and limbs, tunnel vision, difficulties with concentration and…

The appearance of the symptoms of a disease in someone who does not have the disease. Imitation, mimicry. The term is applied to a disease that exhibits symptoms of another disease or to conditions in functional illnesses that simulate organic disease.  

A support for people with unusually curved spines, consisting of a leather or metal pelvic girdle with two bars at the back and one at the front, which connect into a neck ring. A brace made of strong, lightweight materials. It extends from a chin cup with neck pad to the pelvis, and is used…

A hereditary condition where the lymph vessels are blocked and the legs swell [Described 1892. After William Forsyth Milroy (1855-1942), Professor of Clinical Medicine in Nebraska, USA.] A hereditary variation of lymphedema (the buildup of lymphatic fluid in tissues) arising due to an abnormal development of lymphatic vessels, hindering the unobstructed movement of lymph. This…

A unit of measurement of radiation.  

A unit of measurement of the amount of a substance equal to one thousandth of a mole.    

A unit of measurement of length equal to one thousandth of a metre.