Category: M
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Maximum midexpiratory flow rate
The average airflow during the middle half of a forced vital capacity effort.
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Mercurial rash
A rash caused by local application of mercurial preparations.
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Maculopapular rash
A rash in which there are discrete macular and papular lesions or a combination of both.
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Macular rash
A rash in which the lesions are flat and level with the surrounding skin.
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Marital rape
Forcible sexual assault by a spouse at a time when the sexual encounter was neither solicited nor welcome.
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Male rape
Sexual assault, usually penetrative, of a man by a man. Estimating the prevalence of male rape is difficult because it often is not reported.
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Meningeal ramus
One of the primary branches of a spinal nerve that reenters the vertebral foramen and supplies the meninges and vertebral column.
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Maxillary sinus radiograph
A frontal radiograph of the maxillary sinuses and the zygomas that allows direct comparison of both sides.
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Metastatic pyemia
Multiple abscesses resulting from infected pyemic thrombi.
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Monocrotic pulse
A pulse in which the sphygmogram shows a simple ascending and descending uninterrupted line and no dicrotism. A pulse in which there is a complete absence of dicrotism.