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Micropenis
A penis that is correctly formed, but that is less than 2 cm long.
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Microglia
One type of connective tissue cell found in the brain and spinal cord. Tissue in the central nervous system composed of tiny cells which destroy other cells. Small cells of the central nervous system that act as phagocytes, collecting waste products of nerve tissue. One of the two basic classes of glia (the non-nervous cells…
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Microgamete
The male gamete of Plasmodium that develops in the mosquito.
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Microcyst
Small, rounded, resistant cells with thick walls.
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Microconidia
Small unicellular fungus spores.
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Microcomputers
Generally, an outmoded term referring to computers that are manufactured for personal use to be used for testing, data storage and analysis, and computer-aided instruction.
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Microcephaly
A condition often associated with feeblemindedness. A condition in which a person has an unusually small head, sometimes caused by the mother having had a rubella infection during pregnancy. Microcephaly refers to a smaller than normal head circumference with the presumption that the smaller size reflects a smaller-sized brain. Rather than a disorder or disease…
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Microcrobial classification
The categories that pathogenic organisms are placed. There are two general classifications with several subclasses for each: 1. plants: (a) bacteria (bacillus, coccus, spirillum), (b) rickettsia, (c) virus, (d) fungus (molds and yeasts); 2. Animals: (a) protozoa (amoeba, plasmodium), (b) spirochete, (c) metazoa (roundworm, tapeworm, trichinella), (d) schistosomes.
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Microbial agent
Pertaining to a microbe-caused disease.
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Mickey finn
Slang for chloral hydrate mixed in alcohol.
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