

MAZODYNIA 



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MECONARCEIN 



Mazodynia [ma-zo-din' -e-ah) [fia^og, breast ; biivj), 

 pain]. Same as Mastodynia. 



Mazology [ma-zol' '-o-je). Same as Mastology. 



Mazolysis [ma-zol' -is-is) [fia^a, cake ; /lag, loosing]. 

 Separation of the placenta. 



Mazolytic [ma-so-lit' -ik) [jid^a, cake; z.voig, loosing]. 

 Pertaining to mazolysis. 



Mazopathy [ma-zop' -ath-e) [fia£a, cake, placenta ; 

 og, illness]. I. Any disease of the placenta. 2. 

 ..<,-, breast ; xadog, illness] . Same as Mastopathy. 



Meable {me'-a-bl) [meabilis, easily penetrating]. Capa- 

 ble of being readily traversed or passed through. 



Mead (med) [ME., mede, mead]. Dilute, fer- 

 mented honey or syrup flavored. See Hydromel and 



Meadow Anemone. See Pulsatilla. M. Saffron. 

 See Colchicum. 



Meal [mil) [ME. , mele, meal]. A coarse flour made 

 from leguminous seeds or cereals. 



Measle [mez'-el) [singular of ME. meseles, measles]. 

 An individual Cysticercus celluloses. M. of Pork. 

 See Cysticercus. M.-worm, cysticercus. 



Measles [mez'-els) [ME., meseles, measles]. 1. Rubeola, 

 Morbilli. An acute, infectious disease, characterized by 

 a peculiar eruption and by catarrhal inflammation of 

 the mucous membranes of the conjunctiva and the 

 air-passages. The period of incubadon is nearly 

 two weeks. The eruption is of a peculiar reddish 

 color and assumes the form of concentric patches. 

 The disease affects principally the young, is exceed- 

 ingly contagious, and one attack of it confers almost 

 perpetual immunity. 2. Fr. , ladrtrie ; Ger. , Finnen. 

 A disease of the pig, the ox, the sheep, the rein- 

 deer, the dog, the cat, and man, due to the presence 

 in the muscles, connective tissue, the brain, and other 

 organs, of the finns or larvae of various tapeworms ; 

 a form of cysticercosis. See Cysticercus, under Para- 

 sites [Animal), Table of. M., Anomalous, a form 

 in which the symptoms are irregular, either the fever, 

 catarrh, or eruption being absent. M., Bastard. 

 S win of Rotheln. M., Benign, measles running 

 through its ordinary course. M., Black, a very malig- 

 nant, usually hemorrhagic form of measles. M., Camp, 

 an epidemic form occurring among soldiers. M., 

 Choleriform. a form in which choleraic symptoms 

 supervene. M., Dyspneic, a grave form associated 

 with congestion of the lungs and speedy death. It is 

 most frequent in infants and young soldiers. M., 

 False. Synonvm of Rotheln. M., Fire. See Roth- 

 eln. M.. French. Synonym of Rotheln. M., 

 German. Synonym of Rotheln. M., Hemorrhagic, 

 a form in which the eruption is hemorrhagic in type. 

 M., Malignant, a fatal form with petechiae, diarrhea 

 and extreme 'prostration. M., Putrid, the same as 

 -1/ , Malignant. M., Typhoid, a severe form attended 

 by hyperpyrexia and marked prostration. 



Measly [miz'-le) [ME., meseles, measles]. Containing 

 measles (cysticerci) ; covered with a measles-like 

 eruption. 



Measures [mezh f -urz). See Weights and Measures and 

 tern. 



Meat [mit\ [ME., mete, meat]. The muscular tissues 

 of an animal, used as food. M. -biscuit, a palatable 

 biscuit, weighing about I l^ft>s. , and containing from 10 

 to 12 per cent, of water. It is made by mixing together, 

 cooking, and baking, I lb. flour, I ft), meat, % ft». 

 suet, > 2 lb. potatoes, with a little sugar, onion, salt, 

 pepper, and spices. It will keep unchanged for four 

 months. M. -inspection, the examination of meat, 

 by experts, usually at the slaughter-houses, for the 

 purpose of determining the presence or absence of 

 disease, especially of tuberculosis and other infectious 



diseases, and of trichiniasis. M. -washings. See 

 Dysentery. 



Meatometer (me-at-om / -et-er) [meatus, meatus ; uir- 

 pov, measure]. An instrument used in measuring the 

 caliber of the meatus urinarius. 



Meatoscope [me-af -o-skop) [meatus, meatus ; OKOTreiv, 

 to inspect]. A speculum used in the examination of 

 the distal portion of the male urethra. 



Meatotome [me-af '-o-tom) [meatus, meatus; ropij, a 

 cutting]. A cutting instrument used in performing 

 meatotomy. 



Meatotomy [me-at-of -o-me) [meatus, meatus ; ro/ii], 

 section] . Surgical incision of the meatus urinarius. 



Meatus (me-a'-tus) [meare, to flow or pass]. A pas- 

 sage. M. auditorius externus, the canal extending 

 from the concha to the membrana tympani. M. audi- 

 torius internus, the internal auditory canal. M. ure- 

 thrae, M. urinarius, the orifice of the urethra. M. of 

 Nose, one of the three meati into which the turbinal 

 bones divide the nasal cavity. M. venosus, a short 

 vein, the vitelline, into which the omphalo-mesenteric 

 veins empty. 



Mecca Balsam-tree. See Carpobalsamum. 



Mechanencephalitis [mek-an-en-sefal-i' -tis) [fin^avn, 

 instrument ; e;. xioa/og, brain ; trig, inflammation] . 

 Encephalitis due to injury. 



Mechanic, Mechanical [me-kan'-ik, me-kan'-ik-al) 

 [fitjXaviiiog, pertaining to a machine]. Machine-like ; 

 lacking spontaneity ; physical ; non-vital; pertaining to 

 mechanics. M. Dentistry, the art of constructing 

 and applying artificial teeth, artificial palates, obtura- 

 tors and appliances for the correction of irregularity 

 in the arrangement of the natural teeth. M. Parts, 

 the stand of a microscope, excluding the ocular and ob- 

 jective. M. Theory, Yirchow's theory of tumor- for- 

 mation, viz., that tumors are due primarily to local 

 irritation. 



Mechanics [me-kan f -iks~) [jirjxaviKn, instrument]. The 

 science that treats of forces and powers and their appli- 

 cation, either directly or by the intervention of ma- 

 chinery. It may treat of bodies at rest (statics) , or in 

 modon (dynamics). 



Mechanism [mek'-an-izm) [mechanismus, from prjxavr], 

 instrument]. Any structure having the nature of a 

 machine. The method by which any process is car- 

 ried on. M. of Accommodation. See Accommo- 

 dation. M. of Labor. See Labor. 



Mechano-therapy [mek f -an-o-ther* -ap-e) [fir/xai-i/, in- 

 strument; deparreia, treatment]. The use of mechani- 

 cal agencies, such as massage, exercise, and the like, 

 in the treatment of disease. 



Meckel's Cartilage. The cartilage of the mandibular 

 arch in the embryo. M.'s Cave or Space, the recess 

 of dura mater lodging the Gasserian ganglion. M.'s 

 Diverticulum, a diverticulum of the ileum, arising 

 from one to two feet above the ilio-cecal valve, 

 and representing a portion of the unobliterated 

 omphalomesenteric canal of .the fetus. See Di- 

 verticulum. M.'s Ganglion. See Ganglia, Table 

 of. M.'s Ligament. See Ligament. M.'s Plane. 

 See Plane. 



Meckelian Bar. Same as AfeckePs Cartilage. M. 

 Ganglion. See Ganglia, Table of. 



Mecometer [me-kom'-et-er) [uijKog, length; fierpov, 

 measure]. An instrument used in measuring new- 

 born infants. 



Meconalgia [me-kon-al' -je-ah) [fiijKuv, poppy ; a?. }og, 

 pain]. Pain or neuralgia following the disuse of 

 opium. 



Meconarcein [mek-o-nar 1 '-se-in) [fiquuv, opium ; vapnavv 

 to benumb]. A preparation of opium alkaloids, having 

 sedative properties, but which is free from morphin. 



