Category: M

The condition of having unusually small lips.  

A scientist who specialises in the study of microorganisms.  

A disease caused by a microbe.  

A tiny swelling in the wall of a capillary in the retina. A minute localized swelling of a capillary wall, which is found in the retina of patients with diabetic retinopathy. It is recognized as a small red dot when the interior of the eye is examined with an ophthalmoscope. A minute, confined enlargement within…

Metal clips used to suture a wound [After Gaston Michel (1874-1937), Professor of Clinical Surgery at Nancy, France]. Metal clips employed as a substitute for stitches to close a skin wound.  

A continual light bleeding from the uterus.  

An essential uterine haemorrhage, where the lining of the uterus swells and there is heavy menstrual bleeding. A disorder characterized by irregular bouts of uterine bleeding without previous ovulation due to excessive oestrogenic activity. It is associated with endometrial hyperplasia and cysts of the ovary. Irregular and heightened menstrual bleeding, occasionally persistent, arises from an excess…

A condition in which the uterus protrudes into the vagina. Protrusion of the womb into the vagina, which consequently becomes displaced downward.  

A drug which controls the activity of the heart, used to treat angina and high blood pressure. An antihypertensive drug used to lower high blood pressure and decrease cardiac output. It is used to treat people who have had a heart attack by reducing heart rate and blood pressure. Metoprolol (Lopressor and Toprol-XL) works as…

A drug used to treat nausea, vomiting and indigestion. A drug that stimulates movements of the stomach and the first part of the small intestine; an anti-vomiting drug. Metoclopramide (Reglan and others) is used to treat a condition called diabetic gastroparesis by relieving symptoms of nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, and a continued feeling of…