Category: M

A skin eruption due to hypersensitivity to a Candida infection in another part of the body.  

Having a single estrous cycle in a single sexual season.  

The smallest unit of intelligible or meaningful speech, e.g., a word composed of a single syllable.  

Thrombosis and sclerosis of a subcutaneous vein or veins in the breast or chest wall sometimes extending from the axilla to the epigastrium. The condition may occur after trauma or appear without apparent cause. Although a benign, self-limiting disease, its appearance may be confused with breast cancer.  

In coma, contraction of facial muscles following pressure on the eyeball.  

Red yeast, a traditional Chinese medicine used as a food preservative in the past and as a contemporary alternative medication to lower serum cholesterol levels.  

One of a class of chemicals that reduce high cholesterol levels. Monacolin K is marketed as an alternative medicine called “red yeast rice extract” and as the proprietary medication lovastatin.  

In American culture, undue dependence on one’s mother, especially in very early life. This was alleged to cause the individual to be immature.  

A corticosteroid, administered as a nasal spray to treat seasonal allergic rhinitis and other chronic nasal inflammatory conditions, including nasal polyps. Its therapeutic classes are corticosteroids and allergy, cold, and cough remedies.  

In physics, the description of a quantity obtained by multiplying the mass of a body by its linear velocity.