mammoplasties
plural of mammoplasty

mammoplasty
Plastic surgery of a breast to alter its shape or size.

mammoptosis
Ptosis (sagging) of the breast.

mammoscintigraphy
scintigraphy of the breast

mammosomatotroph
A cell, in the anterior pituitary, that secretes both prolactin and growth hormone

mammosomatotrophs
plural of mammosomatotroph

mammosphere
A clump of mammary gland cells that forms under certain circumstances

mammospheres
plural of mammosphere

mammotroph
lactotroph

mammotrophs
plural of mammotroph

mancock
A man's penis, especially that of a particularly virile man.

mancuerda
A torture method in which a cord is lashed around someone's arms and pulled so as to cut through the skin.

mane
Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion.
Long or thick hair of a person's head.
Part of a naval sword between the tang button and the quillon.

manes
The souls or spirits of dead ancestors, conceived as deities or the subjects of reverence, or of other deceased relatives.

mangafodipir
A contrast agent delivered intravenously to enhance contrast in magnetic resonance imaging of the liver.

manitrunk
The anterior segment of the thorax in insects.

manitrunks
plural of manitrunk

mannosome
A specialised tubular organelle, in molluscs, assembled in hexagonal bundles within an external membrane

mannosomes
plural of mannosome

mantit
A man's breast, pectoral, or nipple

mantits
plural of mantit

manumea
The tooth-billed pigeon.

manumeas
plural of manumea

manustupration
Synonym of masturbation.

marbrinus
A thick cloth of the 13th and 14th centuries, made from particoloured worsted interwoven so as to resemble veins of marble, and sometimes adorned with figures of animals etc.

marcopinocytosis
Misspelling of macropinocytosis.

maritonuclei
plural of maritonucleus

maritonucleus
The nucleus of an impregnated ovum.

marrowbone
A bone containing edible marrow.
The shins or knees, chiefly in references to kneeling.

marrowbones
plural of marrowbone

marybones
Alternative form of marrowbones (“the shins or knees, chiefly in references to kneeling”).

masectomy
Misspelling of mastectomy.

masseter
The large muscle which runs through the rear part of the cheek from the temporal bone to the lower jaw on each side, raises the lower jaw, and assists in mastication.

masseters
plural of masseter

mastalgia
Breast pain.

mastalgias
plural of mastalgia

mastectomies
plural of mastectomy

mastectomy
The surgical procedure to remove all or part of a breast and sometimes nearby tissues.

masterbation
Misspelling of masturbation.

mastidion
A projection or bump on the chelicerae.

mastocyte
mast cell

mastocytes
plural of mastocyte

mastodynia
mastalgia; pain in the breast

mastodynias
plural of mastodynia

mastopexies
plural of mastopexy

mastopexy
Any operation designed to lift or reshape a woman's breast.

mastoplasia
A medical condition wherein the breast tissue thickens.

mastoplastia
Synonym of mastoplasty

mastoplasties
plural of mastoplasty

mastoplasty
Plastic surgery of a breast to alter its shape or size.

mastoptosis
ptosis; breast sagging

mastotomies
plural of mastotomy

mastotomy
incision of the breast

masturbation
Sexual stimulation of one's genitalia or other erotic regions, often to the point of orgasm.
The stimulation of another person's genitals using the hands.
A vain activity that serves only to provide self-indulgent satisfaction without any practical or external value.

masturbations
plural of masturbation

matriglycan
A glycan that links dystroglycan to the basement membrane

matrixule
A stromule in mitochondria.

mattaaq
whalemeat consisting of the skin and blubber, a delicacy among the Inuit

mattak
Alternative form of mattaaq.

mattaq
Alternative form of mattaaq.

mattifier
A cosmetic designed to give the skin a matt or less shiny appearance

mattifiers
plural of mattifier

maturationism
The theory that children acquire cognitive and behavioral abilities in a series of stages that reflect the biological development of the child's brain and body.

matzol
A proprietary preparation of matzoon and cod-liver oil.

maxilloturbinate
The inferior turbinate bone

maxilloturbinates
plural of maxilloturbinate

mazard
Head; skull.

mazards
plural of mazard

mazodynia
Synonym of mastodynia.

meatbag
A stomach.
A human or another living creature with flesh in its composition.

meatbags
plural of meatbag

mec
Clipping of meconium.

mechanocyte
A fibroblast grown in tissue culture

mechanocytes
plural of mechanocyte

mechanogram
A graphical representation of mechanical activity (typically of the heart)

mechanograms
plural of mechanogram

mechanomorphosis
Mechanical changes in structure produced in the larger groups by similar external causes, such as leaf-like organs in algae and phanerogams.

mechanomyogram
The low-frequency mechanical signal observable from the surface of a muscle when the muscle is contracted.

mechanomyograms
plural of mechanomyogram

mechanoprotection
protection of tissue such as muscle from mechanical harm

mechanosome
A hypothetical structure, in cells, responsible for mechanotransduction

mechanosomes
plural of mechanosome

mechanostimulation
mechanical stimulation (of biological tissue)

mechanostimulations
plural of mechanostimulation

mechanotaxis
The movement of a cell along a rigidity gradient

mechanotransducer
Any cell, etc. that generates a measurable response to mechanical stimulation.

mechanotransducers
plural of mechanotransducer

meconium
A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.
Opium.

meconiums
plural of meconium

mediastina
plural of mediastinum

mediastinoscope
A thin tube-like instrument used in mediastinoscopy to examine the tissues and lymph nodes in the mediastinum.

mediastinoscopes
plural of mediastinoscope

mediastinoscopies
plural of mediastinoscopy

mediastinoscopy
A surgical procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope and usually under general anesthesia.

mediastinum
The region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs.

medicornu
The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

medicornua
plural of medicornu

mediolysis
breakdown of the tissue of the media of the arterial wall

medullectomies
plural of medullectomy

medullectomy
excision of a medulla

medullization
Conversion into marrow, as the softening of bone tissue in the course of osteitis.

medullizations
plural of medullization

medulloblast
The cell of origin of a medulloblastoma.

medulloblasts
plural of medulloblast

medullosalean
Any of the order Medullosales of pteridospermous seed plants characterised by large radiospermic ovules with a vascularised nucellus, complex pollen-organs, stems and rachises with a dissected stele, and frond-like leaves.

medullosaleans
plural of medullosalean

megabladder
An abnormally enlarged urinary bladder

megabladders
plural of megabladder

megaboob
A woman's large breast.

megaboobs
plural of megaboob

megacalycosis
A rare kidney condition in which one or more renal calyces become abnormally enlarged and numerous without obstruction in the renal pelvis or ureter, often caused by malformation of renal papillae or a temporary fetal obstruction.

megacapillaries
plural of megacapillary

megacapillary
A very wide capillary (typically greater than 15 μm)

megacardia
megalocardia

megacaryocyte
Alternative form of megakaryocyte.

megacaryocytes
plural of megacaryocyte

megacolon
Abnormal dilatation of the colon, not caused by mechanical obstruction.
A colon thus enlarged.

megacolons
plural of megacolon

megacyst
An enlarged urinary bladder

megacysts
plural of megacyst

megadick
A macropenis.
A term of abuse.

megadolichocolon
An excessively long, dilated colon