| HIVD | Herniation(Herniated) of Inter-Vertebral Disc - Cervical HIVD &... |
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| MTT | Metastatic Trophoblastic Tumor |
| MBC | male breast cancer; maximal bladder capacity; maximal breathing capacity; metastatic breast cancer; ... |
| MCC | mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; medial cell column; Medical Council of Canada; metacerebr... |
| MET | maximal exercise test; metabolic equivalent of the task; metastasis, metastatic; methionine; midexpi... |
| MRCC | Metastatic renal cell carcinoma |
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| M.L.C. | metastatic liver cancer |
| MM | metastatic melanoma |
| metastatic lung cancer | The spread of cancerous tumours from a distant organ to the lung. Due to the lungs tremendous blood and lymphatic supply it is a frequent site for metastatic cancer. Cancers which commonly metastasize to the lung include osteosarcoma, breast cancer, neuroblastoma, Wilm's tumour and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| metastatic mumps | Mumps complicated by involvement of organs other than parotid glands, such as the testis, breast, or pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metastatic ophthalmia | Choroiditis in septicaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metastatic pneumonia | A purulent inflammation in the lungs due to infected emboli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metastatic retinitis | Purulent or septic retinitis resulting from the arrest of septic emboli in the retinal vessels. Synonym: purulent retinitis, septic retinitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metastatic spread | <oncology> Process of development of secondary tumours. Involves local invasion (in most cases), passive transport, lodgement and proliferation at a remote site. (18 Nov 1997) |
| focal metastatic disease | Presence of a single area of metastasis of a malignant tumour or infection distant from the primary lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |