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mastitis Inflammation of the breast or udder

-megaly Enlargement: splenomegaly
<oncology, tumour> A tumour arising from the melanocytic system of the skin
melanoma and other organs. When used alone the term refers to malignant melanoma.
Inflammation of the meninges. When it affects the dura mater, the disease is
termed pachymeningitis, when the arachnoid and pia mater are involved, it is
meningitis called leptomeningitis or meningitis proper.
The transfer of disease from one organ or part to another not directly connected
with it. It may be due either to the transfer of pathogenic microorganisms (for
example, tubercle bacilli) or to transfer of cells, as in malignant tumours. The
metastasis capacity to metastasize is a characteristic of all malignant tumours.
microcephaly An abnormally small head of a newborn, a congenitally small brain.
Destroying or dissolving mucin, an agent that so acts: a mucopolysaccharide or
mucolytic glycoprotein, the chief constituent of mucus.
myalgia Pain in a muscle or muscles
myasthenia Muscular debility, any constitutional anomaly of muscle.
mycosis Any disease caused by a fungus
myelitis An infection of the bone marrow
Collective term for the nonlymphocyte groups of white blood cells. It includes
myeloid cells from the granulocyte, monocyte and platelet lineages.
Inflammation of the myocardium, inflammation of the muscular walls of the
myocarditis heart.
myopathy Any disease of a muscle.
That error of refraction in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic
axis are brought to a focus in front of the retina, as a result of the eyeball being
too long from front to back (axial myopia) or of an increased strength in
myopia refractive power of the media of the eye (index myopia).
A disorder of sleep associated with excessive daytime sleepiness, involuntary
narcolepsy daytime sleep episodes, disturbed nocturnal sleep and cataplexy.
neonatology The art and science of caring medically for the newborn
nephro- Having to do with the kidney. From the Greek nephros meaning kidney
Inflammation of the kidney, a focal or diffuse proliferative or destructive process
nephritis which may involve the glomerulus, tubule or interstitial renal tissue.
neuralgia Paroxysmal pain which extends along the course of one or more nerves.