| Mansonella demarquayi | A filarial parasite occurring in Yucatan, Panama, Colombia, northern Argentina, Guyana, French Guiana, and the islands of St. Vincent and Dominica, causing mansonelliasis; the microfilariae are not ensheathed, and there are no nuclei in the pointed tail; the life cycle is similar to that of Wuchereria bancrofti; humans are the only known definitive host, and the intermediate hosts are biting midges, Culicoides furens and possibly C. Paraensis. Synonym: Mansonella demarquayi, Mansonella tucumana. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Mansonella ozzardi | A filarial parasite occurring in Yucatan, Panama, Colombia, northern Argentina, Guyana, French Guiana, and the islands of St. Vincent and Dominica, causing mansonelliasis; the microfilariae are not ensheathed, and there are no nuclei in the pointed tail; the life cycle is similar to that of Wuchereria bancrofti; humans are the only known definitive host, and the intermediate hosts are biting midges, Culicoides furens and possibly C. Paraensis. Synonym: Mansonella demarquayi, Mansonella tucumana. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mansonella perstans | The "persistent filaria," a species widely prevalent in tropical Africa and northern South America where it infects human peritoneal and other body cavities, but is non-or mildly pathogenic; characteristic subperiodic microfilariae occur in peripheral blood. It is transmitted in Africa by the biting midges Culicoides austeni and C. Grahami. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mansonella streptocerca | A filarial species in humans that produces nonperiodic sheathless microfilariae found in the circulating blood; may cause a lichenoid condition or oedema of the skin; commonly found in the corium of the skin of west African residents and transmitted by the biting midge, Culicoides grahami. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mansonella tucumana | A filarial parasite occurring in Yucatan, Panama, Colombia, northern Argentina, Guyana, French Guiana, and the islands of St. Vincent and Dominica, causing mansonelliasis; the microfilariae are not ensheathed, and there are no nuclei in the pointed tail; the life cycle is similar to that of Wuchereria bancrofti; humans are the only known definitive host, and the intermediate hosts are biting midges, Culicoides furens and possibly C. Paraensis. Synonym: Mansonella demarquayi, Mansonella tucumana. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mansonelliasis | Infection with nematodes of the genus mansonella. Symptoms include pruritus, headache, and articular swelling. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mansonellosis | Infection with the filarial parasite Mansonella ozzardi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mansonia | A genus of brown or black medium-sized mosquitoes (tribe Culicini), often having banded abdomen and legs; larvae and pupae have modified breathing tubes enabling them to pierce aquatic plants to obtain air. Mansonia mosquitoes are distributed worldwide and, in tropical areas, are important vectors of Brugia malayi; in some areas they also transmit Wuchereria bancrofti. Origin: P. Manson (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mansonoides | A subgenus of Mansonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| manta | <zoology> See Coleoptera and Sea devil. Origin: From the native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| manteau | 1. A woman's cloak or mantle. 2. A gown worn by women. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mantel | The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports. Alternative forms: mantle. Origin: The same word as mantle a garment; cf. F. Manteau de cheminee. See Mantle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Mantel, Nathan | <person> U.S. Biostatistician, *1927. See: Mantel-Haenszel test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mantel-Haenszel test | A summary chi-square test developed by Mantel and Haenszel for stratified data, used when controlling for confounding. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mantelet | 1. A short cloak formerly worn by knights. A short cloak or mantle worn by women. "A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging." (Chaucer) 2. A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; now commonly written mantlet. Origin: F, dim. Of manteau, OF. Mantel. See Mantle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Mantoux test |
a test that uses an injection of a purified protein derivative of tuberculin to test for prior exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A positive reaction is indicated by swelling at the injection site.
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| manifest content |
The remembered content of a dream or fantasy, as contrasted with latent content, which is concealed and distorted.
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| mania |
An emotional disorder characterized by euphoria or irritability, rapid speech, fleeting thoughts, insomnia, poor attention span, grandiosity, and poor judgment; usually occurs in bipolar disorder. Positive symptoms of psychosis may also be present.
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| mantle |
The layer of rock that lies between the crust and the outer core of the Earth. It is approximately 2900 kilometers thick and is the largest of the Earth's major layers.
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| manifestation |
the outward sign that an illness is present; a symptom or condition.
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| MAN | a persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair |
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| MAN | cultivated as feed for livestock |
| MAN | beet with a large yellowish root |
| MAN | a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed |
| MAN | having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap |
| MAN | tropical tree native to Asia bearing fleshy fruit |
| MAN | large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval smooth-skinned fruit |
| MAN | in a mangy manner |
| MAN | a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing |
| MAN | clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers |
| MAN | destroy or injure severely |
| MAN | alter so as to make unrecognizable |