| MLS | mean lifespan; median life span; median longitudinal section; microphthalmia-linear skin defects [sy... |
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| MMA | mastitis-metritis-agalactia [syndrome]; medical management analysis; medical materials account; meth... |
| MP | macrophage; matrix protein; mean pressure; melphalan and prednisone; melting point; membrane potenti... |
| MUA | manipulation under anesthesia; middle uterine artery; motor unit activity |
| RMC | reticular magnocellular [nucleus]; right middle cerebral [artery] |
| jew's-ear | <botany> A species of fungus (Hirneola Auricula-Judae, or Auricula), bearing some resemblance to the human ear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| joints of ear bones | The joints of the ossicular chain consisting of incudomallear joint, incudostapedeal joint, and the tympanostapedeal syndesmosis. Synonym: articulationes ossiculorum auditus, joints of ear bones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external ear | Which includes the auricle and the external acoustic, or auditory, meatus; the middle ear or the tympanic cavity with its ossicles; and the internal ear or inner ear, or labyrinth, which includes the saemicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea. See: auricle. Synonym: auris. Origin: A.S. Eare (05 Mar 2000) |
| eye-ear plane | A standard craniometric reference plane passing through the right and left porion and the left orbitale; drawn on the profile radiograph or photograph from the superior margin of the acoustic meatus to the orbitale. Synonym: auriculo-infraorbital plane, eye-ear plane, Frankfort horizontal plane, Frankfort plane, infraorbitomeatal plane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lion's ear | <botany> A name given in Western South America to certain plants with shaggy tomentose leaves, as species of Culcitium, and Espeletia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lop-ear | Congenital deformity of the external ear, with poor development of helix and anthelix. Synonym: bat ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| low-set ear | An ear positionned below its normal location. Classified as a minor anomaly. Technically, the ear is low-set when the helix (of the ear) meets the cranium at a level below that of a horizontal plane through both inner canthi (the inside corners of the eyes). The presence of 2 or more minor anomalies in a child increases the probability that the child has a major malformation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accessory meningeal branch of middle meningeal artery | <anatomy, artery> A branch of either the middle meningeal or maxillary artery in the infratemporal fossa and passing superiorly through the foramen ovale to supply the trigeminal ganglion, dura mater and inner table of bone. Synonym: ramus meningeus accessorius arteriae meningeae mediae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anastomotic branch of middle meningeal artery to lacrimal artery | <anatomy, artery> A branch of the middle meningeal artery arising in the cranial cavity which runs anteriorly through the superior orbital fissure to anastomose with the lacrimal artery. See: orbital branch of middle meningeal artery. Synonym: ramus anastomoticus arteriae meningeae mediae cum lacrimali. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietal branch of middle meningeal artery | <anatomy, artery> Smaller terminal branch (with frontal branch) of middle meningeal artery supplying posterior portion of lateral and superior dura and cranium. Synonym: ramus parietalis arteriae meningeae mediae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ceratopharyngeal part of middle pharyngeal constrictor | See: middle constrictor muscle of pharynx. Synonym: pars ceratopharyngea musculi constrictoris pharyngis medii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right middle lobe syndrome | <radiology> Controversial, associated with asthma, cough, wheezing, recurrent pneumonia, XR findings: total or partial RML atelectasis, with or without bronchial narrowing (12 Dec 1998) |
| groove for middle temporal artery | <anatomy, artery> A vertical groove located above the external acoustic meatus on the external surface of the squamous part of the temporal bone. Synonym: sulcus arteriae temporalis mediae, sulcus for middle temporal artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| petrosal branch of middle meningeal artery | <anatomy, artery> Petrous branch of middle meningeal artery; first intracranial branch of middle meningeal artery; anastomosis: stylomastoid artery via hiatus of facial canal. Synonym: ramus petrosus arteriae meningeae mediae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chondropharyngeal part of middle pharyngeal constrictor | See: middle constrictor muscle of pharynx. Synonym: pars chondropharyngea musculi constrictoris pharyngea medii. (05 Mar 2000) |