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MACULE
A smooth flat discoloured area
 
MALLEUS
A bone in the middle ear
 
MANCHESTER REPAIR
An operation to repair a prolapsed uterus
 
MANE
In the morning
 
MANTOUX TEST
A screening test for T.B.
 
MASTOIDECTOMY
Removal of the mastoid process in the middle ear
 
MASTOIDITIS
Inflammation of the mastoid process
 
MEASUREMENT OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE
By mean of a tonometer
 
MEDIASTINUM
A space in the middle of the thorax
 
MELANIN
Associated with pigment, meaning dark
 
MENIERE’S DISEASE
A disorder of the inner ear affecting balance
 
MENINGITIS
Inflammation of the meninges that surround the brain usually due to infection
 
MENISECTOMY
Removal of the cartilage from the knee
 
MENORRHAGIA
Heavy bleeding during periods
 
METORRHAGIA
Intra-menstrual bleeding
 
MICTURITION
The act of passing urine
 
MITRAL VALVE
Situated between the left atria and ventricle
 
MITRAL VALVECTOMY
Removal of a diseased valve usually replaced by an artificial one
 
MSU/CSU
Mid stream or catheter specimen of urine
 
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
A chronic disorder characterised by weakness of voluntary muscles
 
MYELOGRAM
A special x-ray of the spinal cord
 
MYELOMA
A malignant disease of the bone marrow usually treated by a haematologist
 
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Necrosis of the heart muscle (Myocardium) Commonly known as a heart attack and often abbreviated to M.I
 
MYOMECTOMY
Removal of the uterine muscle
 
MYOMETRIUM
Uterine muscle
 
MYRINGOTOMY
Incision in the ear drum to drain pus
 
MYXEODEMA
Atrophy of the thyroid gland resulting in too little thyroxine being secreted

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