| mala | An alternative term for cheek, or zygomatic bone. Origin: L. Cheek bone (05 Mar 2000) |
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| malabar | 1. <geography> A region in the western part of the Peninsula of India, between the mountains and the sea. 2. <botany> Malabar nut, the seed of an East Indian acanthaceous shrub, the Adhatoda Vasica, sometimes used medicinally. (28 Oct 1998) |
| Malabar itch | An eruption consisting of a number of concentric rings of overlapping scales forming papulosquamous patches scattered over the body; it occurs in tropical climates and is caused by the fungus Trichophyton concentricum. Synonym: herpes desquamans, Malabar itch, Oriental ringworm, scaly ringworm, tinea tropicalis, Tokelau ringworm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Malabar leprosy | <medicine> A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide. Origin: L, fr. Gr, from, an elephant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malabsorption | <gastroenterology> Impaired intestinal absorption of nutrients. (18 Nov 1997) |
| malabsorption syndrome | <syndrome> A variety of conditions in which digestion and absorption in the small intestine are impaired. Multiple causes including lymphoma, amyloid and other infiltrations, Crohn's disease, gluten sensitive enteropathy and the sprue syndrome in which the villi atrophy for unknown reasons. (18 Nov 1997) |
| malabsorption syndromes | General term for syndromes of malnutrition due to failure of normal intestinal absorption of nutrients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Malacarne | Michele V.G., Italian surgeon, 1744-1816. See: Malacarne's pyramid, Malacarne's space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Malacarne's space | The bottom of the interpeduncular fossa at the base of the midbrain, extending from the anterior border of the pons forward to the mamillary bodies, and containing numerous openings for the passage of perforating branches of the posterior cerebral arteries. Synonym: substantia perforata posterior, locus perforatus posticus, Malacarne's space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malacca | A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula. <botany> Malacca cane, a cane obtained from a species of palm of the genus Calamus (C. Scipionum), and of a brown colour, often mottled. The plant is a native of Cochin China, Sumatra, and Malays. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malachite | <chemical> Native hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in green mammillary masses with concentric fibrous structure. Green malachite, or malachite proper, admits of a high polish, and is sometimes used for ornamental work. Blue malachite, or azurite, is a related species of a deep blue colour. Malachite green. See Emerald green, under Green. Origin: Fr. Gr. A mallow, from its resembling the green colour of the leaf of mallows: cf. F. Malachite. Cf. Mallow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| malachite green | Tetramethyl-di-p-aminotriphenylcarbinol;a dye that has been used as a wound antiseptic, as a treatment of mycotic skin infections, and in biological staining of tissues and bacteria. Origin: G. Malache, a mallow (05 Mar 2000) |
| malacia | Means softening. Osteomalacia is thus softening of bone (due to deficiency of calcium and vitamin d). (12 Dec 1998) |
| malacic | Pertaining to or characterised by malacia. Synonym: malacic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malaco- | Soft, softening. Origin: G. Malakos, soft; malakia, a softness (05 Mar 2000) |