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Meatoplasty
Surgical construction of an external auditory canal.
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Meatometer
Device for measuring the size of a passage or opening.
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Measure
The dimensions, capacity, or quantity of anything that can be so evaluated. Length, area, volume, and mass are basic properties of matter and materials that can be measured.
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Measurand
Any quantity subject to measurement.
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Measly
Description of pork that is infected with the cysticerci of Taenia solium or saginata.
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Black measles
A colloquial term used to denote hemorrhagic measles, i.e., measles in which there is bleeding into the rash.
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Means testing
The determination of a person’s financial eligibility for subsidized health care services.
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Arithmetic mean
The result obtained by adding all of the values given and dividing by the number of items that were added.
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Mayo-Robson’s point
A point just above and to the right of the umbilicus where pressure causes tenderness in pancreatic disease.
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May hegglin anomaly
An autosomal-dominant inherited blood disorder marked by the presence of Dohle bodies in granulocyte leukocytes. Platelets vary in size and may be decreased in number. Purpura and excessive bleeding may occur, although some affected persons are asymptomatic.
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