Category: M

Excision of a part of or the entire tympanic membrane.  

Infestation with one of the Myriapoda class of arthropods.  

Group of arthropods including millipedes and centipedes.  

To rise in muscle temperature due to its activity.  

A method for relaxing muscle spasm, improving circulation, and alleviating pain. The therapist applies finger pressure to “trigger points,” usually in the muscle tissue or area surrounding joints. The success of this method, developed by Bonnie Prudden in 1976, depends on the use of specific corrective exercise of the freed muscles.  

A growth-regulating protein that limits the size of muscles by inhibiting excessive growth.  

Myositis due to infestation with trichinae.  

Suppurative myositis with abscesses; caused by bacterial infection.  

Myositis accompanied by infiltration of fibrous tissue.  

A proteose resulting from the hydrolysis of myosin.