Medical Dictionary Definitions A-Z List
Medical Dictionary Definitions A - Z - «M»:
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Midwife, direct-entry
Midwife, direct-entry: See: Direct-entry midwife....
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Midwife, empirical
Midwife, empirical: See: Empirical midwife....
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Midwife, lay
Midwife, lay: See: Lay midwife....
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Midwife, traditional
Midwife, traditional: See: Traditional midwife....
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Mifepristone
Mifepristone: The French abortion pill, also
known as RU-486.
RU-486 has been used in combination with another drug called misoprostol, to terminate pregnancy at an early
stage. It is used with women who are no more than 7 weeks pregnant. The drug has
95% effectiveness. About 5% of women using R...
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Migraine
Migraine: Usually, periodic attacks of headaches on
one or both sides of the head. These may be accompanied by nausea,
vomiting, increased sensitivity of the eyes to light (photophobia),
increased sensitivity to sound (phonophobia), dizziness, blurred
vision, cognitive disturbances, and other sy...
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Migraine aura
Migraine aura: Sensory phenomena that may occur
before a migraine. Visual auras may include flashing
lights, geometric patterns, or distorted vision. Some
people may have aural auras involving hearing sounds
(usually buzzing), olfactory auras involving smelling odors
not actually present, or ta...
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Migraine headache
Migraine headache: The most common type of vascular headache involving abnormal sensitivity of arteries in
the brain to various triggers resulting in rapid changes in the
artery size due to spasm (constriction). Other arteries in the brain and scalp then open (dilate), and throbbing pain is perceiv...
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Migraine without aura
Migraine without aura: See: Common migraine....
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Migraine, abdominal
Migraine, abdominal: An attack of abdominal pain
that may be preceded by a migraine aura and accompanied
nausea, vomiting, and cognitive disturbance....
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Migraine, classic
Migraine, classic: Migraine with aura. Accounts for no
more than most 20% of migraines. See Migraine....
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Migraine, common
Migraine, common: See: Common migraine....
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Migraine, menstrual
Migraine, menstrual: See: Menstrual migraine....
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Migraine, menstrually associated
Migraine, menstrually associated: See: Menstrual migraine....
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Migraine, ocular
Migraine, ocular: Migraine involving the eyes,
with or without headache. Ocular migraines usually affect
only one eye at a time. Image distortion generally begins
in the center of the image and then moves to one side.
Images "grey out" or look wavy, and sight may be
temporarily lost. See also m...