| Muckle-Wells syndrome | <syndrome> A syndrome characterised by familial amyloidosis, notably involving the kidneys, progressive hearing loss of neural origin and unknown cause, and periods of febrile urticaria associated with pain in joints and muscles of the extremities; autosomal dominant inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| muckworm | 1. <zoology> A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles. 2. One who scrapes together money by mean labour and devices; a miser. "Misers are muckworms." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| muco- | Mucous, mucous (mucous membrane). See: muci-, myxo-. Origin: L. Mucus (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucoalbuminous cells | Glandular cell's intermediate in histologic characteristics between serous and mucous cell's. Synonym: mucoalbuminous cells, seromucous cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucobuccal fold | The line of flexure of the mucous membrane as it passes from the mandible or maxillae to the cheek. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucocele | <medicine> An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter. Origin: Mucus + Gr. Tumour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mucociliary | <pathology> Pertaining to or affecting the mucus membrane and hairs (including eyelashes, nose hair): mucociliary clearing: the clearance of mucus by ciliary movement (particularly in the respiratory system). (13 Nov 1997) |
| mucociliary clearance | Rate of ciliary and secretory activity of the respiratory submucosal glands. It is a non-specific host defense mechanism, measurable in vivo by mucus transfer, ciliary beat frequency, and clearance of radioactive tracers. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mucoclasis | Denudation of any mucous surface. Origin: muco-+ G. Klasis, a breaking off (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucocolitis | An affection of the mucous membrane of the colon characterised by colicky pain, constipation or diarrhoea (sometimes alternating), and passage of mucous or slimy pseudomembranous shreds and patches. Synonym: mucocolitis, myxomembranous colitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucocolpos | Presence of mucus in the vagina. Origin: muco-+ G. Kolpos, vagina (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucocutaneous | <dermatology> Pertaining to or affecting the mucous membrane and the skin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| mucocutaneous junction | The site of transition from epidermis to the epithelium of a mucous membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucocutaneous leishmaniasis | A grave disease caused by Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis, endemic in southern Mexico and Central and South America, except for the equatorial region of Chile; the organism does not invade the viscera, and the disease is limited to the skin and mucous membranes, the lesions resembling the sores of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by L. Mexicana or L. Tropica; the chancrous sores heal after a time, but some months or years later, fungating and eroding forms of ulceration may appear on the tongue and buccal or nasal mucosa; many variants of the disease exist, marked by differences in distribution, vector, epidemiology, and pathology, which suggest that it may in fact be caused by a number of closely related aetiological agents. See: espundia. Synonym: American leishmaniasis, leishmaniasis americana, nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis, New World leishmaniasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome | <syndrome> An acute febrile illness in children first described in Japan in the late 1960's. Referred to as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome because of typical changes in the mucus membranes that line the lips and mouth. Enlarged and tender lymph glands are also seen. Synonym:: Kawasaki disease. (13 Nov 1997) |