Category: M

  • Muscle fatigue

    The inability of muscle tissue to maintain a desired exercise intensity. The reduced capacity of a muscle to perform work as a result of repeated contractions and accumulation of lactic acid in anaerobic cell respiration. Fatigue may be partial or complete.  

  • Muscle avulsion fracture

    A tearing away of a part of bone, usually by a tendon, ligament, or capsule.  

  • Muscle action potential

    An electrical discharge associated with the activity of muscles.  

  • Muscarinic cholinoceptive site

    A postjunctional receptor for acetylcholine.  

  • Murine typhus

    Typhus spread by the bite of a rat flea. Acute infection caused by Rickettsia typhi, transmitted by the bite of an infected flea and characterized by chills, fever, headache, muscle aches, and a dull red rash. Treatment is by chloramphenicol or tetracycline. Also called endemic typhus; rat typhus; urban typhus. A disease caused by Rickettsia…

  • Multisite epidemiologic studies

    Studies that increase the sample sizes for statistical analysis by combining populations from several sites to draw more definitive conclusions between exposure and outcome.  

  • Multipurpose high school

    Features comprehensive curricula in a variety of subject areas to meet the needs of all students regardless of their needs, interests, or aptitudes.  

  • Multiplexing

    Transmitting several messages simultaneously on the same radio circuit or channel.  

  • Multiple pregnancy

    A pregnancy in which there is more than one fetus. A pregnancy where the mother is going to give birth to more than one child. A pregnancy in which there is more than one fetus. Multiple pregnancies carry an increased risk of complications, such as high blood pressure, preeclampsia, and polyhydramnios. Preterm labor is common;…

  • Multiple myeloma

    A form of bone cancer centering its growth in the bone marrow. A malignant tumour in bone marrow, most often affecting flat bones. Malignant neoplasm of bone marrow, causing bone pain and fractures, skeletal deformities, anemia, weight loss, and pulmonary and kidney complications. A form of cancer in which the body develops plasma cell tumors…