Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Methacholine chloride

    A parasympathomimetic bronchoconstrictor similar to acetylcholine, used as an aerosol in different strengths in airway challenge tests.  

  • Metestrus

    Period following estrus and preceding diestrus.  

  • Meteorotropism

    The influence of meteorological events on biological conditions and events, such as death rate, disease incidence, and birth rate.  

  • Metchnikoff’s theory

    The theory, developed in 1883, that the body is protected against infection by cells, such as leukocytes and phagocytes, that attack and destroy invading microorganisms.  

  • Metatypical

    Tissue elements similar to those of other tissues at the same site, but having components that are disorganized.  

  • Metatropic dwarfism

    A form of short-limbed dwarfism in which affected persons are born with a normal or long thorax but eventually develop kyphoscoliosis with a short trunk.  

  • Metatheory

    Knowledge about a discipline. For nursing theory, it is the most global (abstract) type of nursing theory. It focuses on broad issues that address the profession’s most important concepts: the relationships among human beings, health, the environment, and nursing itself.  

  • Metatarsus primus varus

    Inturning of the first metatarsal bone of the foot.  

  • Metatarsectomy

    Removal of the metatarsus or a metatarsal bone.  

  • Metasynthesis

    A technique used to gain insights from two or more thematic or categorical analyses of the same phenomenon by listing common elements in a standardized format so that patterns in them can be collected.  

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