| Marchi, Vittorio | <person> Italian physician, 1851-1908. See: Marchi's fixative, Marchi's reaction, Marchi's stain, Marchi's tract. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Marchiafava, Ettore | <person> Italian pathologist, 1847-1935. See: Marchiafava-Bignami disease, Marchiafava-Micheli anaemia, Marchiafava-Micheli syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marchiafava-bignami disease | <radiology> Italian wine-drinkers' disease, symmetric demyelinization: corpus callosum, white matter, anterior commisure (12 Dec 1998) |
| Marchiafava-Micheli anaemia | An infrequent disorder with insidious onset (usually in the third or fourth decade) and chronic course, characterised by episodes of haemolytic anaemia, haemoglobinuria (chiefly at night), pallor, icterus or bronzing of the skin, a moderate degree of splenomegaly, and sometimes hepatomegaly; red blood cells are usually macrocytic and vary considerably in size, but there is no evidence of spherocytosis, erythrophagocytosis, or abnormal leukocytes. The disorder is a result of an abnormality of the red cell membrane which makes the red cell unusually sensitive to lysis by complement. Synonym: Marchiafava-Micheli anaemia, Marchiafava-Micheli syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Marchiafava-Micheli syndrome | An infrequent disorder with insidious onset (usually in the third or fourth decade) and chronic course, characterised by episodes of haemolytic anaemia, haemoglobinuria (chiefly at night), pallor, icterus or bronzing of the skin, a moderate degree of splenomegaly, and sometimes hepatomegaly; red blood cells are usually macrocytic and vary considerably in size, but there is no evidence of spherocytosis, erythrophagocytosis, or abnormal leukocytes. The disorder is a result of an abnormality of the red cell membrane which makes the red cell unusually sensitive to lysis by complement. Synonym: Marchiafava-Micheli anaemia, Marchiafava-Micheli syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marching | Fr. March, Marching money A regiment in active service. In England, a regiment liable to be ordered into other quarters, at home or abroad; a regiment of the line. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| marchion-ess | The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis. Origin: LL. Marchionissa, fr. Marchio a marquis. See Marquis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |