| Morton's neuroma | <oncology, tumour> A ganglionic swelling or ganglion cyst in the forefoot. Symptoms include pain in the forefoot and localised swelling. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| Morton's plane | A plane passing through the summits of the parietal and occipital protuberances. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Morton's syndrome | <syndrome> Congenital shortening of the first metatarsal causing metatarsalgia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Morton's toe | A particular form of metatarsalgia caused by enlargement of the digital nerve. Compare: Morton's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Morton, Dudley | <person> U.S. Orthopedist, 1884-1960. See: Morton's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Morton, Samuel | <person> U.S. Physician, 1799-1851. See: Morton's plane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Morton, Thomas | <person> U.S. Physician, 1835-1903. See: Morton's neuralgia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mortuary | Origin: LL. Mortuarium. See Mortuary. 1. A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty. 2. A burial place; a place for the dead. 3. A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a deadhouse; a morgue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mortuary practice | Activities associated with the physical burial of the dead. It excludes cultural practices such as funeral rites. (12 Dec 1998) |
| morula | <biology> Stage of development in holoblastic embryos. The morula stage is usually likened to a spherical raspberry, a cluster of blastomeres without a cavity. (18 Nov 1997) |
| morulation | <biology> The process of cleavage, or segmentation, of the ovum, by which a morula is formed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| moruloid | 1. Resembling a morula. 2. Shaped like a mulberry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morus | <botany> A genus of trees, some species of which produce edible fruit; the mulberry. See Mulberry. Morus alba is the white mulberry, a native of India or China, the leaves of which are extensively used for feeding silkworms, for which it furnishes the chief food. Morus multicaulis, the many-stemmed or Chinese mulberry, is only a form of white mulberry, preferred on account of its more abundant leaves. Morus nigra, the black mulberry, produces a dark-coloured fruit, of an agreeable flavor. Origin: L, mulberry tree. See Mulberry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Morvan's chorea | Continuous involuntary quivering or rippling of muscles at rest, caused by spontaneous, repetitive firing of groups of motor unit potentials. Synonym: fibrillary chorea, kymatism, Morvan's chorea. Origin: myo-+ G. Kyma, wave (05 Mar 2000) |
| Morvan's disease | <radiology> Syrinx, congenital: 90% associated with Arnold-Chiari, acquired: trauma, tumour, infection, haemorrhage, syringomyelia dissection of cerebrospinal fluid within cord no ependymal lining, hydromyelia dilatation of central canal lined by ependyma associated with, myelomeningocele, Arnold-Chiari malformation, Dandy-Walker cyst, Klippel-Feil syndrome, neuropathic joint (most common cause in upper extremity) (12 Dec 1998) |