| MC | See Moisture content. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| McArdle disease | <disease> Glycogen storage disease in which the defective enzyme is muscle phosphorylase. (18 Nov 1997) |
| McArdle's disease | Glycogenosis due to muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency, resulting in accumulation of glycogen of normal chemical structure in muscle. Synonym: McArdle's disease, McArdle's syndrome, McArdle-Schmid-Pearson disease, myophosphorylase deficiency glycogenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| McArdle's syndrome | Glycogenosis due to muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency, resulting in accumulation of glycogen of normal chemical structure in muscle. Synonym: McArdle's disease, McArdle's syndrome, McArdle-Schmid-Pearson disease, myophosphorylase deficiency glycogenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| McArdle, Brian | <person> 20th century British neurologist. See: McArdle's disease, McArdle-Schmid-Pearson disease, McArdle's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| McArdle-Schmid-Pearson disease | Glycogenosis due to muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency, resulting in accumulation of glycogen of normal chemical structure in muscle. Synonym: McArdle's disease, McArdle's syndrome, McArdle-Schmid-Pearson disease, myophosphorylase deficiency glycogenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| McBurney's incision | An incision parallel with the course of the external oblique muscle, one or two inches cephalad to the anterior superior spine of the ilium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mcburney's point | In acute appendicitis, extreme sensitivity over the appendix in a location that is approximately two inches to the left of the right anterior superior iliac spine. (27 Sep 1997) |
| McBurney's sign | <clinical sign> Tenderness at site two-thirds of the distance between the umbilicus and the anterior-superior iliac spine; seen in appendicitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| McBurney, Charles | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1845-1913. See: McBurney's incision, McBurney's point, McBurney's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| McCarthy's reflexes | Contraction of the adductors of the thigh upon tapping the spinal column. Synonym: McCarthy's reflexes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| McCarthy, Daniel | <person> U.S. Neurologist, 1874-1958. See: McCarthy's reflexes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| McCrea sound | A gently curved sound used to dilate the urethra in infants or children. (05 Mar 2000) |
| McCrea, Lowrain | <person> U.S. Urologist, *1896. See: McCrea sound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| McCune, Donovan James | <person> U.S. Paediatrician, 1902-1976. See: McCune-Albright syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |