| CGA | catabolite gene activator; color graphics adapter |
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| misc | miscarriage; miscellaneous |
| MPS | meconium plug syndrome; medial premotor system; Member of the Pharmaceutical Society; microbial prof... |
| RSP | removable silicone plug; ribose-5-phosphatase; right sacroposterior [fetal position] |
| CM | California mastitis [test]; calmodulin; capreomycin; carboxymethyl; cardiac murmur; cardiac muscle; ... |
| CMS | Cytoplasmic male sterility |
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| MBC | Male breast cancer |
| MPH | Male pseudoherma phroditism |
| M:F | Male to female |
| MSL | Male-Specific Lethal |
| adapter | 1. One who adapts. 2. <chemistry> A connecting tube; an adopter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| vaginal plug | A plug formed by the coagulation of semen; found in the vagina after copulation in certain animals, such as the baboon, rat, and squirrel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meconium plug | <radiology> Functional colonic inertia, Diagnosis/Treatment: Gastrografin enema (Differential diagnosis: Hirschsprung disease, meconium ileus), F/U with another enema for confirmation, associated with maternal diabetes (12 Dec 1998) |
| mucous plug | A mass of mucus and cells filling the cervical canal between periods or during pregnancy; a mass of mucous occluding a main or lobar bronchus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plug | 1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple. 2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. 3. A high, tapering silk hat. 4. A worthless horse. 5. A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails. Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached. Hawse plug, a tapering valve, which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet. Origin: Akin to D. Plug, G. Pflock, Dan. Plok, plug, Sw. Plugg; cf. W. Ploc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| epithelial plug | A mass of epithelial cells temporarily occluding an embryonic opening; the term is most commonly used with reference to the external nares. (05 Mar 2000) |
| laminated epithelial plug | An accretion of epithelia in the external auditory canal. Synonym: laminated epithelial plug. (05 Mar 2000) |
| breast neoplasms, male | Any neoplasms of the male breast. These occur infrequently in males in developed countries, the incidence being about 1% of that in females. Two-thirds of patients present with intraductal carcinoma. The average age of onset is 60 years for men. Orchiectomy was the standard treatment but it has been replaced by tamoxifen as the initial therapy since oestrogen-receptor-positive tumours are predominant in males. Orchiectomy and mastectomy may be used if initial drug therapy is not successful. The prognosis is worse than that for females. (12 Dec 1998) |
| male | See Mal-. Evil; wicked; bad. Origin: L. Malus. See Malice. Same as Mail, a bag. 1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs. 2. <botany> Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them. 3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage. 4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir. 5. <mechanics> Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc. <botany> Male berry, a screw having threads upon its exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a corresponding nut or female screw. Male thread, the thread of a male screw. Origin: F. Male, OF. Masle, mascle, fr. L. Masculus male, masculine, dim. Of mas a male; possibly akin to E. Man. Cf. Masculine, Marry. 1. An animal of the male sex. 2. <botany> A plant bearing only staminate flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| male breast | One of the two, usually rudimentary, mammary glands in the male. Synonym: mamma masculina, mamma virilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| male chromosome complement | The large majority of males have a 46, xy chromosome complement (46 chromosomes including an x and a y chromosome). A minority of males have other chromosome constitutions such as 47,xxy (47 chromosomes including two x chromosomes and a y chromosome) and 47,xyy (47 chromosomes including an x and two y chromosomes). (12 Dec 1998) |
| male gonad | <anatomy> One of the two male reproductive glands located in the cavity of the scrotum. The testes produce sperm and male sex hormones. (13 Nov 1997) |
| male hermaphroditism | More correctly designated as male pseudohermaphroditism, as the term is commonly used; however, it may designate an instance of true hermaphroditism in which overt bodily characteristics are predominantly male. (05 Mar 2000) |
| male homosexuality | Erotic predisposition, or activity, including sexual congress, between two men, past the age of puberty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| male hypogonadism | A state in which testes are present but fail to function normally; may be of gonadal or pituitary origin. Synonym: eunuchism, male hypogonadism. Hypergonadotropic eunuchoidism, eunuchoidism of gonadal origin, commonly accompanied by enhanced levels of pituitary gonadotropins in the blood and urine, as in Klinefelter's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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