Category: M
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Merorhachischisis
Fissure of a portion of the spinal cord.
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Meromyosin
Either of the subunits produced by tryptic digestion of myosin.
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Meromicrosomia
Abnormal smallness of some part or structure of the body.
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Merogony
Incomplete development of fragments of an ovum.
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Merogenesis
Multiplication or reproduction by segmentation.
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Merodiastolic
Concerning a part of the diastole of the cardiac cycle.
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Meroblastic
To a type of ovum containing considerable yolk or a type of cleavage in which cleavage divisions are restricted to the protoplasmic region of the animal pole.
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Merispore
A secondary spore resulting from the division of another spore.
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Mercy
In medicine, the compassionate provision of relief or mitigation of physical pain, mental suffering, or psychological distress.
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Merchant view
An x-ray study of the knee while it is in 30° of flexion, with the patellofemoral joint viewed tangentially. This radiographical view of the knee shows the position of the dorsal surface of the patella as it sits in the trochlear groove between the femoral condyles.