| MCU | malaria control unit; maximum care unit; micturating cystourethrography; motor cortex unit |
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| MCV | mean cell volume; mean clinical value; mean corpuscular volume; median cell volume; motor conduction... |
| MDA | malondialdehyde; manual dilation of anus; methylene dianiline; 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; minima... |
| ML | Licentiate in Medicine; Licentiate in Midwifery; malignant lymphoma; marked latency; maximum likelih... |
| MNCV | motor nerve conduction velocity |
| feedback system | A complex of neuronal circuits whereby a part of the efferent path returns to the input to modulate its activity, thus acting as a governor on the system. See: feedback. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| urinary system | The organs concerned in the production and excretion of urine, together with the organs of reproduction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| urogenital system | The organs concerned in the production and excretion of urine, together with the organs of reproduction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| uropoietic system | The kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra, considered as a system for the secretion and excretion of urine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filling defect in renal collecting system | <radiology> Common causes: transitional cell carcinoma, blood clot, lucent calculus (urate) less common causes: fungus ball, sloughed papilla, fibroepithelial polyp, invasion by hypernephroma, malakoplakia, vessel impression, metastases (12 Dec 1998) |
| foot-pound-second system | <mechanics> A system of absolute units based on the foot, pound, and second. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral line system | A series of sense organs that detect pressure or vibrations along the head and side of cyclostomes, fishes, and some amphibians. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fuel handling system | A system for unloading wood fuel from vans or trucks, transporting the fuel to a storage pile or bin, and conveying the fuel from storage to the boiler or other energy conversion equipment. (05 Dec 1998) |
| lewis blood-group system | A group of dominantly and independently inherited antigens associated with the abo blood factors. They are glycolipids present in plasma and secretions that may adhere to the erythrocytes. The phenotype le(b) is the result of the interaction of the le gene le(a) with the genes for the abo blood groups. (12 Dec 1998) |
| light harvesting system | Set of photosynthetic pigment molecules that absorb light and channel the energy to the photosynthetic reaction centre, where the light reactions of photosynthesis occur. In higher plants, contains chlorophyll and carotenoids and is present in two slightly different forms in photosystems I and II. (18 Nov 1997) |
| limbic system | Collective term denoting a heterogeneous array of brain structures at or near the edge (limbus) of the medial wall of the cerebral hemisphere, in particular the hippocampus, amygdala, and fornicate gyrus; the term is often used so as to include also the interconnections of these structures, as well as their connections with the septal area, the hypothalamus, and a medial zone of mesencephalic tegmentum. By way of the latter connections, the limbic system exerts an important influence upon the endocrine and autonomic motor system's; its functions also appear to affect motivational and mood states. Synonym: visceral brain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| linnaean system of nomenclature | The system of nomenclature in which the names of species are composed of two parts, a generic name and a specific epithet (species name, in botany). Synonym: binary nomenclature, binomial nomenclature. Origin: Carl von Linne (05 Mar 2000) |
| lutheran blood-group system | A complex blood group system having pairs of alternate antigens and amorphic genes, but also subject to a dominant independently segregating repressor. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lymphatic system | <anatomy> The tissues and organs (including the bone marrow, spleen, thymus and lymph nodes) that produce and store cells that fight infection and the network of vessels that carry lymph. (12 May 1997) |
| aaa disease | Endemic anaemia of ancient Egypt, ascribed in the Papyrus Ebers to intestinal infestation with ancylostoma; now called ancylostomiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |