Category: M

An experience often linked with the use of psychedelic or other psychoactive drugs in which the person feels extreme joy and contentment and a loss of sense of self.  

A compound found in nutmeg thought to be responsible for its hallucinogenic effect following ingestion of large amounts of nutmeg. A methylenedioxyphenyl substance. It is found in nutmeg and mace, and in lesser quantities in black pepper, parsley, celery, dill, and carrots. Nutmeg produces effects similar to alcoholic intoxication. Reportedly, these spices have been frequently…

A person who alleges to have powers to communicate directly with god or with the dead.  

The muscle contractions that accompany sexual arousal.  

Relating to or involving both the muscles and the nerves.  

The smooth muscle layer of the uterine wall. Muscle coat of the womb. The muscular tissue in the uterus. Muscular layer of the uterine wall, surrounding the endometrium; it is made up of smooth muscle that has small, spontaneous contractions during certain phases of the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy in response to the hormones…

A tumor consisting of muscle tissue that grows in the wall of the uterus. A benign tumour in a smooth muscle. Benign muscle tumor, especially one of the uterine muscle. A benign tumor of muscle. It may originate in smooth muscle or in striated muscle. The term applied to a tumour, almost invariably of a…

The excretion of myoglobin in the urine caused by certain instances of crush syndrome or an advanced or protracted ischemia of muscles. The presence of myoglobin in the urine. The presence in the urine of the pigment myoglobin. The occurrence of myoglobin in the urine. This is the oxygen-binding pigment in muscle and mild myoglobinuria…

A seizure that is characterized by shock-like contractions involving a muscle or group of muscles. Myoclonic seizures, formerly called minor motor seizures, are characterized by brief, involuntary muscle contractions and may affect one or many muscles bilaterally, although not necessarily symmetrically. A hand may suddenly fling out, a shoulder may shrug, a foot may kick,…

Sudden, involuntary muscle spasms that accompany the onset of sleep.