| Mayer, Karl | <person> Austrian neurologist, 1862-1932. See: Mayer's reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Mayer, Karl W | <person> German gynecologist, 1795-1868. See: Mayer's pessary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mayer, Paul | <person> German histologist, 1848-1923. See: Mayer's haemalum stain, Mayer's mucicarmine stain, Mayer's mucihematein stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome | <syndrome> Primary amenorrhoea, absence of vagina, or presence of a short vaginal pouch, and absence of the uterus with normal karyotype and ovaries. Synonym: Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mayfish | <zoology> A common American minnow (Fundulus majalis). See Minnow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mayflower | <botany> In England, the hawthorn; in new England, the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mayidism | Synonym: pellagra. Origin: Zea mays, maise (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mayo bunionectomy | Excision of the head of the first metatarsal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mayo's operation | An operation for the radical cure of umbilical hernia; the neck of the sac is exposed by two elliptical incisions, the gut is returned to the abdomen, the sac and adherent omentum are cut away, and the fascial edges of the opening are overlapped with mattress sutures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mayo's vein | <anatomy, vein> A tributary of the right gastric vein that passes anterior to the pylorus at its junction with the duodenum. Synonym: vena prepylorica, Latarget's vein, Mayo's vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mayo, Charles | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1865-1939. See: Mayo bunionectomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mayo, William | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1861-1939. See: Mayo's operation, Mayo's vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mayo-Robson's point | A point just above and to the right of the umbilicus, where tenderness on pressure exists in disease of the pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mayo-Robson's position | A supine position with a thick pad under the loins, causing a marked lordosis in this region; used in operations on the gallbladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mayo-Robson, Sir Arthur | <person> British surgeon, 1853-1933. See: Mayo-Robson's point, Mayo-Robson's position. (05 Mar 2000) |