All Words Glossary Glossary of Medical Terms beginning with letter M Browse the Medical Glossary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z mammogram noun An X-ray picture of the breasts (mammary, mammaries). Used to screen for breast cancer. See mammography. mammography noun (medicine) X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours. manikin noun (alternative spelling of, mannequin) a short person a life-size anatomical model used as a teaching aid manipulate verbto manipulate (transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the hands (transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something to one"s own advantage (transitive) (medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose masturbate verb (masturbat, ing) self, Self stimulate sexually, usually with a hand or hands. To have sex by yourself, especially by use of one"s hand, sometimes with a partner. masturbation noun Manual erotic stimulation of the genitals, often to orgasm, either by oneself or a partner. medic noun (pl=medics) A doctor, especially in the military A medical student medick, Medick medical noun (pluralmedicals) (informal US) A medical examination. You'll have to get a medical before you apply for that job. adjective (no comparative or superlative) Relating to medicine. Do you have any medical experience? medicide noun suicide with the assistance of a physician medicine noun A treatment or cure. A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way. The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of disease or illness. The profession of physicians and surgeons; those who practice . Ritual Native American magic used to promote a desired outcome, in hunting, warfare, etc. Meg proper noun A diminutive of Margaret. A diminutive of Megan. mercy killing noun euthanasia midwife noun (midwives) A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician. A hundred years ago, a would bring the baby into the world - going to a hospital to deliver a baby was either impossible or unheard of. (context, rare, figurative) Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project. verb (midwives or, rarely midwifes, midwiving or, rarely midwifing, midwived or, rarely widwifed) (transitive) To act as a midwife. midwifery noun (midwifer, ies) the practice and science of being a midwife. miosis noun Contraction of the pupil of the eye. Horner's syndrome consists of , eyelid ptosis and absent forehead sweating. miotic adjectivemiosis (Biology) Causing miosis (the constriction of the pupil of the eye) (or miosis). mist noun (uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. It was difficult to see through the morning mist. (countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles. There was an oily mist on the lens. verbto mist To form mist. It's misting this morning. To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water. I mist my tropical plants every morning. To cover with a mist. The lens was misted. (context, of the eyes) To be covered by tears. My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened. modality noun (modalities) the state of being modal (logic) the classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode (linguistics) the inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood (medicine) any method of therapy that involves therapeutic treatment any of the senses (such as sight or taste) mouth-to-mouth resuscitation noun A first aid technique to return an unconscious person's respiration by pressing the rescuer's mouth against the mouth of the patient and blowing air into his/her lungs. multiparous adjective Having two or more pregnancies, resulting in viable offspring. Producing several offspring at one time. mydriatic noun A drug having this effect adjective that dilates the pupils of the eyes myology noun (pluralmyologies) (anatomy) The physiological study of muscles. mammogram noun An X-ray picture of the breasts (mammary, mammaries). Used to screen for breast cancer. See mammography. mammography noun (medicine) X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours. manikin noun (alternative spelling of, mannequin) a short person a life-size anatomical model used as a teaching aid manipulate verbto manipulate (transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the hands (transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something to one"s own advantage (transitive) (medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose masturbate verb (masturbat, ing) self, Self stimulate sexually, usually with a hand or hands. To have sex by yourself, especially by use of one"s hand, sometimes with a partner. masturbation noun Manual erotic stimulation of the genitals, often to orgasm, either by oneself or a partner. medic noun (pl=medics) A doctor, especially in the military A medical student medick, Medick medical noun (pluralmedicals) (informal US) A medical examination. You'll have to get a medical before you apply for that job. adjective (no comparative or superlative) Relating to medicine. Do you have any medical experience? medicide noun suicide with the assistance of a physician medicine noun A treatment or cure. A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way. The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of disease or illness. The profession of physicians and surgeons; those who practice . Ritual Native American magic used to promote a desired outcome, in hunting, warfare, etc. Meg proper noun A diminutive of Margaret. A diminutive of Megan. mercy killing noun euthanasia midwife noun (midwives) A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician. A hundred years ago, a would bring the baby into the world - going to a hospital to deliver a baby was either impossible or unheard of. (context, rare, figurative) Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project. verb (midwives or, rarely midwifes, midwiving or, rarely midwifing, midwived or, rarely widwifed) (transitive) To act as a midwife. midwifery noun (midwifer, ies) the practice and science of being a midwife. miosis noun Contraction of the pupil of the eye. Horner's syndrome consists of , eyelid ptosis and absent forehead sweating. miotic adjectivemiosis (Biology) Causing miosis (the constriction of the pupil of the eye) (or miosis). mist noun (uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. It was difficult to see through the morning mist. (countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles. There was an oily mist on the lens. verbto mist To form mist. It's misting this morning. To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water. I mist my tropical plants every morning. To cover with a mist. The lens was misted. (context, of the eyes) To be covered by tears. My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened. modality noun (modalities) the state of being modal (logic) the classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode (linguistics) the inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood (medicine) any method of therapy that involves therapeutic treatment any of the senses (such as sight or taste) mouth-to-mouth resuscitation noun A first aid technique to return an unconscious person's respiration by pressing the rescuer's mouth against the mouth of the patient and blowing air into his/her lungs. multiparous adjective Having two or more pregnancies, resulting in viable offspring. Producing several offspring at one time. mydriatic noun A drug having this effect adjective that dilates the pupils of the eyes myology noun (pluralmyologies) (anatomy) The physiological study of muscles. 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