Category: M

A band or chain worn around the wrist giving information about the wearer’s medical needs, allergies or condition.  

Treatment of someone who is ill or injured, given by a doctor.  

The running of hospitals and other health services.  

Referring to the study of diseases. Referring to treatment of disease which does not involve surgery. Referring to treatment given by a doctor, as opposed to a surgeon, in a hospital or in his or her surgery. When applied as an adjective as in “medical treatment”, this term means “nonsurgical,” that is, the avoidance of…

A doctor or medical student (informal).  

An operation in which a tube is put into the mediastinum so that its organs can be examined. A test done to determine diseases and other abnormalities of the lungs. The test is performed under general anesthesia, with an instrument (endoscope) that permits visualization of the lungs and surrounding structures. Tissue specimens are obtained and…

Inflammation of the midline partition of the chest cavity (mediastinum), usually complicating a rupture of the esophagus (gullet). Inflammation or infection of the mediastinum, such as may occur after injury to the neck, perforation of the esophagus, or after surgical procedures on the heart or lungs.  

A muscle inserted into the sclera of the eyeball.  

Towards or on the sagittal plane of the body.  

A medial projection on the condyle of the humerus.