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Morbid
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Morbid1. Pathologic or abnormal. 2. Having to do with, or characterized by, disease.
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Abnormal
Not normal. Deviating from the usual structure, position, condition, or behavior. In referring to a growth, abnormal may mean that it is cancerous or premalignant (likely to become cancer).
Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
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Morbidity Rate
The sickness rate; the number of people who are sick or have a disease compared with the number who are well.
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Miliaria
"""Prickly heat"" or ""heat rash"" as a result of inflammation of the sweat glands and characterized by small, white or red skin eruptions."
Mittelschmerz
Pelvic pain between periods, corresponding to the release of an ovum (egg) by an ovary.
Mole
1. A fleshy, pigmented skin blemish. 2. A mass of uterine tissue formed by a failure of the normal fertilization process during conception.
Molluscum contagiosum
A viral infection of the skin characterized by lesions with depressed centers containing a curd-like substance.
Mongolism
A condition present at birth characterized by mental deficiency, a broad face and slanting eyes. Also called Down syndrome.
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Mucosa
The membrane covering canals and cavities that open on the outside of the body, such as the gastrointestinal tract and the respiratory tract. Also called mucous membrane.
Muscle
Tissue made up of bundles of long, slender cells that contract when stimulated.
Mute
An inability or unwillingness to speak.
Myalgia
Muscle pain.
Myasthenia gravis
A chronic disease characterized by muscular weakness and fatigue.
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Abnormal
Not normal. Deviating from the usual structure, position, condition, or behavior. In referring to a growth, abnormal may mean that it is cancerous or premalignant (likely to become cancer).
Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Morbidity Rate
The sickness rate; the number of people who are sick or have a disease compared with the number who are well.
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Miliaria
"""Prickly heat"" or ""heat rash"" as a result of inflammation of the sweat glands and characterized by small, white or red skin eruptions."
Mittelschmerz
Pelvic pain between periods, corresponding to the release of an ovum (egg) by an ovary.
Mole
1. A fleshy, pigmented skin blemish. 2. A mass of uterine tissue formed by a failure of the normal fertilization process during conception.
Molluscum contagiosum
A viral infection of the skin characterized by lesions with depressed centers containing a curd-like substance.
Mongolism
A condition present at birth characterized by mental deficiency, a broad face and slanting eyes. Also called Down syndrome.
Morbid
Mucosa
The membrane covering canals and cavities that open on the outside of the body, such as the gastrointestinal tract and the respiratory tract. Also called mucous membrane.
Muscle
Tissue made up of bundles of long, slender cells that contract when stimulated.
Mute
An inability or unwillingness to speak.
Myalgia
Muscle pain.
Myasthenia gravis
A chronic disease characterized by muscular weakness and fatigue.
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