| MGN | medial geniculate nucleus; membranous glomerulonephritis |
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| MH | malignant histiocytosis; malignant hyperpyrexia; malignant hypertension; malignant hyperthermia; mam... |
| MHL | medial hypothalamic lesion |
| MIN | medial interlaminar nucleus |
| ML | Licentiate in Medicine; Licentiate in Midwifery; malignant lymphoma; marked latency; maximum likelih... |
| superior duodenal fold | A fold of peritoneum bounding the superior duodenal recess. Synonym: plica duodenalis superior, plica duodenojejunalis, duodenojejunal fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Dennie's infraorbital fold | An accentuated line or fold below the margin of the lower eyelid; characteristic in atopic dermatitis. Synonym: Dennie's infraorbital fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| synovial fold | A projection from the synovial membrane of a joint extending toward or between the two articular surfaces. Synonym: plica synovialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dinucleotide fold | A structural domain in certain proteins that binds NAD+ or NADP+. Synonym: dinucleotide domain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Douglas' fold | A fold of peritoneum, containing the rectouterine muscle, passing from the sacrum to the base of the broad ligament on either side, forming the lateral boundary of the rectouterine (Douglas') pouch. Synonym: plica rectouterina, Douglas' fold, Jarjavay's ligament, Petit's ligament, rectouterine fold, uterosacral ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| duodenojejunal fold | A fold of peritoneum bounding the superior duodenal recess. Synonym: plica duodenalis superior, plica duodenojejunalis, duodenojejunal fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| duodenomesocolic fold | A fold of peritoneum bounding the inferior duodenal recess. Synonym: plica duodenalis inferior, plica duodenomesocolica, duodenomesocolic fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ileocaecal fold | A fold of peritoneum bounding the ileocaecal or ileoappendicular fossa. Synonym: plica ileocaecalis, Treves' fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incudal fold | A variable fold of mucosa that passes from the roof of the tympanic cavity to the body and short limb of the incus. Synonym: plica incudis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inferior duodenal fold | A fold of peritoneum bounding the inferior duodenal recess. Synonym: plica duodenalis inferior, plica duodenomesocolica, duodenomesocolic fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infrapatellar synovial fold | A fold of synovial membrane extending from below the level of the articular surface of the patella to the anterior part of the intercondylar fossa. Synonym: plica synovialis infrapatellaris, plica synovialis patellaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inguinal aponeurotic fold | Common tendon of insertion of the transversus and obliquus internus muscles into the crest and spine of the pubis and iliopectineal line; it is frequently muscular rather than aponeurotic and may be poorly developed; forms posterior wall of medial inguinal canal. See: aponeurosis of internal abdominal oblique muscle. Synonym: falx inguinalis, tendo conjunctivus, conjoined tendon, falx aponeurotica, inguinal aponeurotic fold. Contracted tendon, a condition of young horses in which the flexor tendon's of the leg are shortened. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inguinal fold | An embryonic mesodermal thickening that joins the caudal end of the urogenital ridge to the anterior abdominal wall; the gubernaculum of the testis develops in it. Synonym: inguinal fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interureteric fold | A fold of mucous membrane extending from the orifice of the ureter of one side to that of the other side. Synonym: plica interureterica, bar of bladder, Mercier's bar, plica ureterica, torus uretericus, ureteric fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| opercular fold | Tissue forming a bridge or an adhesion between the tonsil and the anterior pillar of the fauces. (05 Mar 2000) |