Category: M

An absorbent material suitably shaped and prepared to provide a hygienic means of absorbing menstrual fluid in the vagina. A cord is attached and remains outside the vagina to facilitate removal. These tampons are made for self-insertion. Washing hands before insertion and after removal as well as changing tampons often guards against toxic shock syndrome.…

A cardiac arrhythmia that sometimes is confused with atrial fibrillation, because the heart rate is greater than 100 bpm and the ventricular response is irregular. However, in MAT P waves are clearly visible on the electrocardiogram, and they have at least three distinct shapes. MAT is seen most often in patients with poorly compensated chronic…

A form of neurosyphilis in which the meninges and vascular structures of the brain and spinal cord are involved. It may be localized or general.  

A U.S. nursing theorist who, along with Helen Erickson and Evelyn Tomlin, developed and published the grand nursing theory of Modeling and Role Modeling.  

A replacement phospholipid from a natural source with some components removed.  

Groove on the lateral wall of the third ventricle from the opening to the lateral ventricle to the opening of the cerebral aqueduct of the brain.  

The midline groove that separates the surface of the tongue into right and left halves.  

A gene that has a small mutation in its nucleotide sequence.  

Strabismus with the squinting eye always the same.  

Strabismus in which the same eye habitually deviates.