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mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary Category: Health and Medicine > Medical Dictionary Date & country: 26/01/2008, UK Words: 116197

menopausal syndrome
<syndrome> Recurring symptoms experienced by some women during the climacteric period; they include hot flashes, chills, headache, irritability, and depression. ... Synonym: climacteric syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menopause
<gynaecology, physiology> Cessation of menstruation in the human female, occurring usually around the age of 50. ... Origin: Gr. Pausis = cessation ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

menopause, premature
Premature failure of ovulation associated with the permanent disappearance of oocytes and follicles from the ovary in women under the age of 40. If failure occurs while follicles are still present, the condition is called premature ovarian failure (ovarian failure, premature). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

menophania
First sign of the menses at puberty. ... Origin: meno-+ G. Phaino, to show ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Menopon
A genus of biting lice (family Menoponidae, order Mallophaga) found on birds; it includes important pests that infect domestic fowl, such as Menopon gallinae (Menopon pallidum), the shaft louse of poultry, a light yellow louse about 1.7 to 2.0 mm long, found on barnyard fowl, ducks, and pigeons. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menorrhagia
<symptom> Excessive uterine bleeding occurring at the regular intervals of menstruation, the period of flow being of greater than usual duration. ... Origin: Gr. Rhegnynai = to burst forth ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

menorrhalgia
Synonym: dysmenorrhoea. ... Origin: meno-+ G. Algos, pain ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menoschesis
Suppression of menstruation. ... Origin: meno-+ G. Schesis, retention ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menostaxis
Synonym: hypermenorrhoea. ... Origin: meno-+ G. Staxis, a dripping ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menotropins
<chemical> Extracts from postmenopausal urine containing fsh and lh activity. They are is used to treat female sterility. (merck index, 11th ed) ... Pharmacological action: fertility agents, female. ... Chemical name: Gonadotropin, menopausal ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

menouria
Menstruation occurring through the urinary bladder as a result of vesicouterine fistula. ... Origin: meno-+ G. Ouron, urine, + -ia, condition ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menoxenia
Any abnormality of menstruation. ... Origin: meno-+ G. Xenos, strange ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menstrual
Relating to the menses. ... Synonym: catamenial, emmenic. ... Origin: L. Menstrualis ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menstrual age
The age of the conceptus computed from the start of the mother's last menstrual period. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menstrual colic
Intermittent cramp-like lower abdominal pains associated with menstruation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menstrual cycle
The reproductive cycle of female humans. The cycle is characterised by a monthly discharge of blood, mucus, and tissues from the uterus (called menstruation) and involves changes to the lining of the uterus (the endometrium) during the rest of the month including a few days of fertility after an ovum (egg) is released by an ovary. ... (09 Oct 1997)< …

menstrual extraction abortion
A technique for aspiration of early products of conception from the uterus a few days after the first missed menstrual period. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menstrual molimina
Synonym for premenstrual syndrome ... <syndrome> A combination of emotional, physical, psychological, and mood disturbances that occur after ovulation and normally end with the onset of the menstrual flow. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

menstrual oedema
Retention of water and increase in weight, which occurs during or preceding menstruation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menstrual pains
Lower abdominal and pelvic pain that is associated with menses. Recurrent monthly menstrual pains (not explained by other causes) are often referred to as primary dysmenorrhoea. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

menstrual sclerosis
Synonym for physiologic sclerosis ... A slowly progressive sclerosis in the walls of the ovarian arteries which commences after puberty. ... Synonym: menstrual sclerosis, ovulational sclerosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menstruant
Menstruating. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menstruate
To undergo menstruation. ... Origin: L. Menstruo, pp. -atus, to be menstruant ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menstruation
<physiology> The cyclic, physiologic discharge through the vagina of blood and mucosal tissues from the nonpregnant uterus, it is under hormonal control and normally recurs, usually at approximately four week intervals, in the absence of pregnancy during the reproductive period (puberty through menopause) of the female of the human and a few …

menstruation-inducing agents
Chemical compounds that induce menstruation either through direct action on the reproductive organs or through indirect action by relieving another condition of which amenorrhoea is a secondary result. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

menstruum
Origin: L. Menstruus. See Menstruous. ... Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent. 'The proper menstruum to dissolve metal.' (Bacon) 'All liquors are called menstruums which are used as dissolvents, or to extract the virtues of ingredients by infusion or decoction.' (Quincy) ... The use is supposed to have originated in some notion of t …

mensual
Monthly. ... Origin: L. Mensis, month ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental
1. <psychiatry> Pertaining to the mind, psychic. ... 2. <anatomy> Pertaining to the chin. ... Origin: L. Mens = mind, L. Mentum = chin ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

mental aberration
Disturbed thought or behaviour that connotes a psychological or psychiatric impairment. ... See: delusion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental age
A measure, expressed in years and months, of a child's measured intelligence relative to age norms as determined by testing with the Stanford-Binet intelligence scale. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental agraphia
Synonym for cerebral agraphia ... The inability to express ideas in writing. ... Synonym: mental agraphia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental apparatus
Mental structure consisting of thoughts, feelings, cognitions, and memories; in psychoanalysis, the topographic structure of the mind. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental artery
<anatomy, artery> Distribution, chin; the terminal branch of the inferior alveolar; anastomoses, inferior labial artery. ... Synonym: arteria mentalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental branches of mental nerve
<anatomy, nerve> Branches of the mental nerve providing general sensory innervation to the skin of the chin. ... Synonym: rami mentales nervi mentalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental canal
Synonym for mental foramen ... The anterior opening of the mandibular canal on the body of the mandible lateral to and above the mental tubercle giving passage to the mental artery and nerve. ... Synonym: foramen mentale, mental canal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental competency
Ability to perform or accomplish an action or task that another person of similar background and training, or any human being, could reasonably be expected to perform. The term almost always refers to mental capacity. Incompetency refers to primarily defects in intellectual functioning such that comprehension of the nature of a transaction is inter …

mental deficiency
Synonym for mental retardation ... Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period and is associated with impairment of one or more of the following: (1) maturation, (2) learning, (3) social adjustment. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mental disorder
A psychological syndrome or behavioural pattern that is associated with either subjective distress or objective impairment. ... See: mental illness, behaviour disorder. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental disorders
Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behaviour producing either distress or impairment of function. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mental fatigue
Fatigue arising in consequence of mental effort. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mental foramen
The anterior opening of the mandibular canal on the body of the mandible lateral to and above the mental tubercle giving passage to the mental artery and nerve. ... Synonym: foramen mentale, mental canal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental healing
The use of suggestion or faith to cure disease, particularly physical illness. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mental health
The state wherein the person is well adjusted. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mental health associations
Voluntary organizations which support educational programs and research in psychiatry with the objective of the promotion of mental health. An early association in the united states was founded as the national committee for mental hygiene in 1909, became the mental health association in 1976 and later the national mental health association in 1980. …

mental health services
Organised services to provide mental health care. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mental hospital
A medical institution for the care and treatment of persons with psychiatric and psychologic disorders. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental hygiene
The science and practice of maintaining and restoring mental health; a branch of early twentieth century psychiatry that has become an interdisciplinary field including subspecialties in psychology, nursing, social work, law, and other professions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental illness
A broadly inclusive term, generally denoting one or all of the following: 1) a disease of the brain, with predominant behavioural symptoms, as in paresis or acute alcoholism; 2) a disease of the 'mind' or personality, evidenced by abnormal behaviour, as in hysteria or schizophrenia; also called mental or emotional disease, disturbance, or disorder, …

mental impairment
A disorder characterised by the display of an intellectual defect, as manifested by diminished cognitive, interpersonal, social, and vocational effectiveness and quantitatively evaluated by psychological examination and assessment. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental impression
Synonym for impression ... 1. The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence. ... 2. <dentistry> The first step in making a model of your teeth. You bite into a container filled with algenate, and the algenate hardens to produce a mold of your te …

mental nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A branch of the inferior alveolar nerve, arising in the mandibular canal and passing through the mental foramen to the chin and lower lip. ... Synonym: nervus mentalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental point
Synonym for pogonion ... In craniometry, the most anterior point on the mandible in the midline; the most anterior, prominent point on the chin. ... Synonym: mental point. ... Origin: G. Dim. Of pogon, beard ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental process
Synonym for mental protuberance ... The prominence of the chin at the anterior part of the mandible. ... Synonym: protuberantia mentalis, mental process. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental processes
Conceptual functions or thinking in all its forms. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mental protuberance
The prominence of the chin at the anterior part of the mandible. ... Synonym: protuberantia mentalis, mental process. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental region
The region of the chin. ... Synonym: regio mentalis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental retardation
Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period and is associated with impairment of one or more of the following: (1) maturation, (2) learning, (3) social adjustment. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mental scotoma
Absence of insight into, or inability to comprehend, items relative to a subject whose content is highly emotional to the individual. ... Synonym: blind spot. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental spine
A slight projection, sometimes two, in the middle line of the posterior surface of the body of the mandible, giving attachment to the geniohyoid muscle (below) and the genioglossus (above). ... Synonym: spina mentalis, genial tubercle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental state
<clinical sign, psychiatry> A finding on physical examination that may refer to any number of abnormal changes in baseline mental functioning. ... Milder examples include mood changes, irritability, personality changes, depression or blunted affect. Advanced changes include confusion, lethargy, sleepiness, hallucinations, unresponsiveness and …

mental status schedule
Standardised clinical interview used to assess current psychopathology by scaling patient responses to the questions. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mental symphysis
The fibrocartilaginous union of the two halves of the mandible in the foetus; it becomes an osseous union during the first year. ... Synonym: symphysis mandibulae, symphysis mentalis, symphysis menti. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mental tubercle
A paired eminence on the mental protuberance of the mandible. ... Synonym: tuberculum mentale, eminentia symphysis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mentalis
<anatomy, muscle> Origin, incisor fossa of mandible; insertion, skin of chin; action, raises and wrinkles skin of chin, thus elevating the lower lip; nerve supply, facial. ... Synonym: musculus mentalis, chin muscle, musculus levator labii inferioris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mentality
The functional attributes of the mind; mental activity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mentally disabled persons
Persons diagnosed as having significantly lower than average intelligence and considerable problems in adapting to everyday life or lacking independence in regard to activities of daily living. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mentation
Synonym for thinking ... Mental activity, not predominantly perceptual, by which one apprehends some aspect of an object or situation based on past learning and experience. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Menten, Maud
<person> Canadian pathologist in U.S., 1879-1960. ... See: Michaelis-Menten constant, Michaelis-Menten hypothesis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menthane
1-Isopropyl-4-methylcyclohexane;the monocyclic terpene parent of alcohols such as menthol, terpin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menthyl salicylate
Used as a sunscreen to filter out ultraviolet light in preparations to protect the skin from sunburn. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mentoanterior position
A cephalic presentation of the foetus with its chin pointing to the right (right mentoanterior, RMA) or to the left (left mentoanterior, LMA) acetabulum of the mother. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mentolabial furrow
Synonym for mentolabial sulcus ... The indistinct line separating the lower lip from the chin. ... Synonym: mentolabial furrow, sulcus mentolabialis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mentolabial sulcus
The indistinct line separating the lower lip from the chin. ... Synonym: mentolabial furrow, sulcus mentolabialis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mentolabialis
The mentalis and depressor labii inferioris considered as one muscle. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menton
In cephalometrics, the lowermost point in the symphysial shadow as seen on a lateral jaw projection. ... Origin: L. Mentum, chin ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mentoplasty
Plastic surgery of the chin, whereby its shape or size is altered. ... Synonym: genioplasty. ... Origin: L. Mentum, chin, + G. Plastos, formed ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mentoposterior position
A cephalic presentation of the foetus with its chin pointing to the right (right mentoposterior, RMP) or to the left (left mentoposterior, LMP) sacroiliac articulation of the mother. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mentotransverse position
A cephalic presentation of the foetus with its chin pointing to the right (right mentotransverse, RMT) or to the left (left mentotransverse, LMT) iliac fossa of the mother. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

menyanthes
buckbean ...

mepacrine hydrochloride
Synonym for quinacrine hydrochloride ... An acridine derivative, C23H30ClN3O-2HCl-2H2O, used as an antimalarial that destroys the trophozoites of Plasmodium vivax and P. Falciparum, but does not affect the gametocytes, sporozoites, or exoerythrocytic stage of parasites; also used as an anthelmintic. As a dihydrochloride, it is used as a stain in cyt …

mepartricin
<chemical> Polyene macrolide antibiotic with unknown composition. It is obtained from streptomyces aureofaciens. It is used as an antifungal agent, an antiprotozoal agent, and in the treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy. ... Pharmacological action: antibiotics, antifungal, antibiotics, macrolide, antiprotozoal agents. ... Chemical name: Pa …

mepazine acetate
10-[(1-Methyl-3-piperidyl)methyl]phenothiazine acetate;a phenothiazine derivative with actions and uses similar to those of chlorpromazine. Also available as mepazine acetate hydrochloride. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mepenzolate bromide
N-Methyl-3-piperidyl benzilate methyl bromide;an anticholinergic drug. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

meperidine
<chemical> 1-methyl-4-phenyl-4-piperidinecarboxylic acid ethyl ester. A narcotic analgesic that can be used for the relief of most types of moderate to severe pain, including postoperative pain and the pain of labour. Prolonged use may lead to dependence of the morphine type; withdrawal symptoms appear more rapidly than with morphine and are …

meperidine hydrochloride
Ethyl 1-methyl-4-phenylisonipecotate hydrochloride;a widely used narcotic analgesic. ... Synonym: pethidine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mephenesin
<chemical> A centrally acting muscle relaxant with a short duration of action. ... Pharmacological action: muscle relaxants, central. ... Chemical name: 1,2-Propanediol, 3-(2-methylphenoxy)- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mephenoxalone
5-[(o-Methoxyphenoxy)methyl]-2-oxazolidinone;a mild tranquilliser and muscle relaxant. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mephentermine
<chemical> A sympathomimetic agent with mainly indirect effects on adrenergic receptors. It is used to maintain blood pressure in hypotensive states, for example, following spinal anaesthesia. Although the central stimulant effects of mephentermine are much less than those of amphetamine, its use may lead to amphetamine-type dependence. ... Ph …

mephenytoin
<chemical> An anticonvulsant effective in grand mal epilepsy. It may cause blood dyscrasias. ... Pharmacological action: anticonvulsants. ... Chemical name: 2,4-Imidazolidinedione, 5-ethyl-3-methyl-5-phenyl- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mephitic
Foul, poisonous, or noxious. ... Origin: L. Mephitis, a noxious exhalation ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mephitical
1. Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions. ... 2. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors. ... <chemistry> Mephitic air, carbon dioxide; so called because of its deadly suffocating power. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic. ... Origin: L. Mephiticus, fr. Mephitis mephitis: cf. F. Mephitique. ... …

mephobarbital
<chemical> A barbiturate that is metabolised to phenobarbital. It has been used for similar purposes, especially in epilepsy, but there is no evidence mephobarbital offers any advantage over phenobarbital. ... Pharmacological action: anticonvulsants, gaba modulators, sedatives, barbiturate. ... Chemical name: 2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-Pyrimidinetrione, 5 …

mepivacaine
<chemical> A local anaesthetic that is chemically related to bupivacaine but pharmacologically related to lidocaine. It is indicated for infiltration, nerve block, and epidural anaesthesia. Mepivacaine is effective topically only in large doses and therefore should not be used by this route. ... Pharmacological action: anaesthetics, local. ... …

mepivacaine hydrochloride
D-1-N-Methylpipecolic acid 2,6-dimethylanilide hydrochloride;a local anaesthetic agent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

meprednisone
17,21-Dihydroxy-16b-methylpregna-1,4-diene-3,11,20-trione;a glucocorticoid for oral use. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

meprobamate
<chemical> A carbamate with hypnotic, sedative, and some muscle relaxant properties, although in therapeutic doses reduction of anxiety rather than a direct effect may be responsible for muscle relaxation. Meprobamate has been reported to have anticonvulsant actions against petit mal seizures, but not against grand mal seizures (which may be …

meptazinol
<chemical> A narcotic antagonist with analgesic properties. It is used for the control of moderate to severe pain. ... Pharmacological action: analgesics, opioid, narcotic antagonists, narcotics. ... Chemical name: Phenol, 3-(3-ethylhexahydro-1-methyl-1H-azepin-3-yl)- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mepyramine maleate
Synonym for pyrilamine maleate ... 2-[(2-dimethylaminoethyl) (p-methoxybenzyl)amino]pyridine maleate;an antihistaminic. ... Synonym: mepyramine maleate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

mepyrapone
Synonym for metyrapone ... <chemical> Chemical name: 1-Propanone, 2-methyl-1,2-di-3-pyridinyl- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

mEq
Meq ... <abbreviation> Milliequivalent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...