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Cross matching of blood
Technique and procedure for determining the1 immunologic and genetic characteristics of the patient’s blood so that appropriate blood may be used for transfusion.
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Matching of controls
In medical research, ensuring that the group of actively treated subjects has as many relevant similarities as possible to a group of untreated or placebo-treated persons. Matching subjects with controls increases the likelihood that the findings demonstrated by the study are the result of the treatment itself and not another variable.
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Mastostomy
Incision into the breast in order to drain a cyst or obtain tissue for microscopic study.
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Mastosquamous
Relating to the mastoid process and the squamous portion of the temporal bone.
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Mastopathy
Any disease of the mammary glands.
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Mastology
The branch of medicine concerned with study of the breast.
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Mastoid portion of temporal bone
Portion of the temporal bone lying behind the external opening of the ear and below the temporal line and containing mastoid sinuses and antrum. Its inner surface bears a deep, curved, sigmoid groove that contains a part of the transverse sinus in which the opening of the mastoid foramen is visible.
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Sclerosing mastoiditis
Mastoiditis in which there is thickening and hardening of trabeculae between mastoid cells.
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Mastoiditis externa
Inflammation of the periosteum of the mastoid process.
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Bezold’s mastoiditis
Abscess underneath insertion of the sternocleidomastoid muscle due to pus breaking through the mastoid tip.
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