Category: M
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Mydriatic
Dilates the pupil of the eye. A drug which makes the pupil of the eye become larger. Drug (e.g., atropine) that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate; used to aid examination of the eye and to treat certain eye disorders. A drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate. Examples are…
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Mafutas
A practice using fat, with or without trees and herbs, from a wide variety of animals, reptiles, and insects including bull, baboon, eagle, puff adder, porcupine, monkey, wildebeest, iguana, hippopotamus, giraffe, and chameleon for medicinal value. The animal is selected for magical, spiritual, and mythological significance as well as for the vitamins/minerals/enzymes it contains. (Zulu/South…
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Mampiboaka tromba
Calling spirit directly. Through Mampiboaka tromba call out good or bad spirits to state the intentions behind bringing mental, physical, or metaphysical illness, identification of what type of spirit is involved, under whose agency it is working, seeing what they want, how it should be dressed, and what they require to leave. This technique may…
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Magical spirit hand
Often a special hand used in the preparation and consumption of magical or spiritual medicines. This hand is typically the left hand, considered the magical hand, as many people are right-handed.
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Medicinal
A substance that has the qualities of a medicine; dealing with or pertaining to the treatment of illness or injury. Having the power to heal. Which has healing properties or a beneficial effect on someone’s health.
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Mydriasis
Pupil dilation. Dilation of the pupils of the eyes, miosis. An enlargement of the pupil of the eye. Dilation of the pupil of the eye, caused by muscle action pulling the ins outward and enlarging the pupil; it occurs in response to a decrease in light or the action of certain drugs. Widening of the…
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Mumps
Infectious disease caused by a paramyxovirus, marked by fever and inflammation of parotid gland and swelling of the neck and throat. An acute viral disease that primarily affects the parotid glands in the cheeks, causing swelling and discomfort when eating. Other symptoms are fever and headache. Mumps usually occurs in childhood and one attack gives…
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Molluscicidal
Effective for destroying molluscs. An agent that destroys a variety of skin diseases.
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Metritis
Inflammation of the uterus. Metritis is designated endometritis if the endometrium is involved and myometritis if the musculature (myometrium) is involved.
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Melancholic
A depressed and unhappy emotional state with abnormal inhibition of mental and bodily activity.