| microadenoma | <tumour> A pituitary adenoma less than 10 mm in diameter. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| microaerobion | A microaerophilic microorganism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| microaerophil | 1. An aerobic bacterium that requires oxygen, but less than is present in the air, and grows best under modified atmospheric conditions. 2. Relating to such an organism. Synonym: microaerophilic, microaerophilous. Origin: micro-+ G. Aer, air, + philos, fond (05 Mar 2000) |
| microaerophilic | <biology> Requiring oxygen but at a level lower than that typically found in the Earth's normal sea-level atmosphere. (29 Oct 1998) |
| microaerophilous | 1. An aerobic bacterium that requires oxygen, but less than is present in the air, and grows best under modified atmospheric conditions. 2. Relating to such an organism. Synonym: microaerophilic, microaerophilous. Origin: micro-+ G. Aer, air, + philos, fond (05 Mar 2000) |
| microaerosol | A suspension in air of particles that are submicronic or, more frequently, from 1 to 10 um in diameter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| microalgae | Unicellular, photosynthetic aquatic plants. (05 Dec 1998) |
| microampere | <physics, unit> One of the smaller measures of electrical currents; the millionth part of one ampere. (29 Oct 1998) |
| microanalysis | Analytic techniques involving unusually small samples. (05 Mar 2000) |
| microanastomosis | Anastomosis of minute structures performed under a surgical microscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
| microanatomist | One versed in histology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| microanatomy | <study> The study of cells and tissue on the microscopic level. (27 Sep 1997) |
| microaneurysm | Focal dilation of retinal capillaries occurring in diabetes mellitus, retinal vein obstruction, and absolute glaucoma, or of arteriolocapillary junctions in many organs in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. (05 Mar 2000) |
| microangiography | Radiography of the finer vessels of an organ after the injection of a contrast medium and enlargement of the resulting radiograph. Synonym: microarteriography. Origin: micro-+ angiography (05 Mar 2000) |
| microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia | <haematology> Consequence of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC): fragments of red blood cells, damaged by being forced through a fibrin meshwork, are found in the circulation. Origin: Gr. Haima = blood (18 Nov 1997) |