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  • Mitomycin C

    An antibiotic which helps to prevent cancer cells from growing, used especially in the chemotherapy treatment of bladder and rectal cancers. An anticancer antibiotic derived from Streptomyces caespitosus, functioning as a dual or triple-action alkylating agent, leading to DNA cross-linking and inhibiting DNA synthesis. It is particularly effective in the late G1 and early S…

  • Mismatch

    To match tissues wrongly.  

  • Misdiagnosis

    An incorrect diagnosis.  

  • Misdiagnose

    To make an incorrect diagnosis of a condition.  

  • Misconduct

    Action by a professional person such as a doctor which is considered wrong.  

  • Miscarry

    To have a miscarriage.  

  • Miotic

    A drug which makes the pupil of the eye become smaller. To or causing constriction of the pupil of the eye, as a miotic drug (e.g., pilocarpine). A drug that causes the pupil of the eye to contract. Miotics, such as physostigmine and pilocarpine, are used to counteract the dilation of the pupil caused by…

  • Minor injuries unit

    A hospital department which treats most accidents and emergencies.  

  • Minor illness

    An illness which is not serious.  

  • Minor

    Not very serious or life-threatening. Less important or serious than others of the same type. A person under the legally defined age of adulthood (majority) and therefore normally required to be in the custody of parent, foster parent, guardian, or other legally responsible supervision; in legal terms, a child or infant unable to act as…

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