Category: M

A synthetic hormone used to treat menstrual disorders, in oestrogen replacement therapy and as a contraceptive. Progestin compound used to treat menstrual disorders. A synthetic hormone. Medroxyprogesterone (Amen, Cycrin, Depo-Provera, and others) is chiefly used to treat breast cancer, although it is also used to treat cancers of the uterus, the kidney, and the prostate.…

Involving both medical and social factors.  

Referring to both medicine and the law. To medicine and law, especially to topics such as malpractice, patient consent for operations, and patient information. Relating to medical jurisprudence or forensic medicine. “Medicolegal” refers to the intersection of medicine and law. Experts in this field address issues such as laws related to medical negligence or malpractice…

Referring to both medicine and surgery. Describing matters that are related to both medicine and surgery. A medicochirurgical disorder is one that calls for treatment by both a physician and a surgeon.  

A cupboard where medicines, bandages, thermometers and other pieces of medical equipment can be left locked up, but ready for use in an emergency.  

Used as a medicine.  

A leech which is raised specially for use in medicine.  

A drug used to treat a disease as opposed to hallucinatory or addictive drugs.  

Treatment in which someone lies in a bath of hot water containing particular chemicals, in hot mud or in other substances.  

The treatment of illnesses by giving people drugs. A drug used to treat a particular illness. Drug or other substance used to treat an illness. A substance administered by mouth, applied to the body, or introduced into the body for the purpose of treatment. Medicated dressings are applied to wounds to prevent infection and allow…