GROUP 7
mastitis -megaly melanoma meningitis
metastasis microcephaly mucolytic myalgia myasthenia mycosis myelitis myeloid myocarditis myopathy
myopia narcolepsy neonatology nephronephritis neuralgia
Inflammation of the breast or udder Enlargement: splenomegaly A tumour arising from the melanocytic system of the skin and other organs. When used alone the term refers to malignant melanoma. Inflammation of the meninges. When it affects the dura mater, the disease is termed pachymeningitis, when the arachnoid and pia mater are involved, it is called leptomeningitis or meningitis proper. The transfer of disease from one organ or part to another not directly connected with it. It may be due either to the transfer of pathogenic microorganisms (for example, tubercle bacilli) or to transfer of cells, as in malignant tumours. The capacity to metastasize is a characteristic of all malignant tumours. An abnormally small head of a newborn, a congenitally small brain. Destroying or dissolving mucin, an agent that so acts: a mucopolysaccharide or glycoprotein, the chief constituent of mucus. Pain in a muscle or muscles Muscular debility, any constitutional anomaly of muscle. Any disease caused by a fungus An infection of the bone marrow Collective term for the nonlymphocyte groups of white blood cells. It includes cells from the granulocyte, monocyte and platelet lineages. Inflammation of the myocardium, inflammation of the muscular walls of the heart. Any disease of a muscle. That error of refraction in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus in front of the retina, as a result of the eyeball being too long from front to back (axial myopia) or of an increased strength in refractive power of the media of the eye (index myopia). A disorder of sleep associated with excessive daytime sleepiness, involuntary daytime sleep episodes, disturbed nocturnal sleep and cataplexy. The art and science of caring medically for the newborn Having to do with the kidney. From the Greek nephros meaning kidney Inflammation of the kidney, a focal or diffuse proliferative or destructive process which may involve the glomerulus, tubule or interstitial renal tissue. Paroxysmal pain which extends along the course of one or more nerves.