Category: M

The tissue coverings of the brain and spinal cord.  

Tea made from the leaves of Ilex paraguayensis. It contains caffeine and tannin. A type of bush that is a member of the holly family, whose dried leaves are infused to create a beverage that is occasionally consumed as a substitute for tea or coffee.  

In medical research, ensuring that the group of actively treated subjects has as many relevant similarities as possible to a group of untreated or placebo-treated persons. Matching subjects with controls increases the likelihood that the findings demonstrated by the study are the result of the treatment itself and not another variable.  

Incision into the breast in order to drain a cyst or obtain tissue for microscopic study.  

Relating to the mastoid process and the squamous portion of the temporal bone.  

Any disease of the mammary glands.  

The branch of medicine concerned with study of the breast.  

Inflammation of the periosteum of the mastoid process.  

Surgical puncture of the mastoid process and subsequent paracentesis of mastoid cells. Inflammation of the mastoid sinuses, usually as a result of the spread of infection from acute otitis media (OM). The disease is relatively rare, now that effective antibiotics for otitis media are generally available. The causative organisms usually are the same as those…

A member of the protozoon group formerly called Mastigophora.