Category: M

Any quantity subject to measurement.  

Description of pork that is infected with the cysticerci of Taenia solium or saginata.  

The determination of a person’s financial eligibility for subsidized health care services.  

A point just above and to the right of the umbilicus where pressure causes tenderness in pancreatic disease.  

An autosomal-dominant inherited blood disorder marked by the presence of Dohle bodies in granulocyte leukocytes. Platelets vary in size and may be decreased in number. Purpura and excessive bleeding may occur, although some affected persons are asymptomatic.  

The greatest amount of air that can be breathed in a specified period, usually 15 sec. It is expressed in liters of air per minute.  

The upper limit of concentration of certain atmospheric contaminants allowed in the workplace.  

The measured distance at the end of expiration between the upper border of the suprasternal notch and the top of the thyroid cartilage. A maximal laryngeal height of less than 4 cm is a physical finding present in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease.  

A technique of delivering the aftercoming head in a breech presentation in which traction is applied to the baby’s maxilla and shoulders until the occiput appears under the symphysis pubis. The child’s body is then raised to the mother’s abdomen while the mouth, nose, brow, and occiput are successively brought over the perineum. The maneuver…

Coarse stippling of the red cells seen in malaria, caused by Plasmodium falciparum.