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Martin-Bell syndrome 430
mass immunization 8
mass spectrometry 177M, 363B
mast cell 76–8, 83–4, 119, 141, 347F, 348
mastectomy 502
matching donor and recipient 150
maternal age 439F, 443B
matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) 518
May-Grunwald-Giemsa 491
MBL-associated serine kinase (MASP) 109
mean cell hemoglobin (MCH) 356M, 357
mean cell hemoglobin concentration
(MCHC) 356M
mean cell volume (MCV ) 356M, 357
measles 38T, 44, 143, 254
measles virus 38T
measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)
vaccine 59, 60M
mebendazole 64
mechanical trauma 7
mechanisms of hormonal action 162
medical history 8, 266
medical microbiology 9
medical technologists 14
medications 8
medicines 316
medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) 488B
medulla oblongata 286B
mefloquine 32B
megakaryocytes 346, 347F, 349
megaloblastic anemia 261, 269, 303, 359,
359F, 360
megaloblastic erythropoiesis 364
megestrol acetate 488B
meiosis 188, 418, 419, 419F, 437, 438, 440,
441F
melanin 426
melanocytes 107, 184, 517
melatonin 160B, 161B, 161F
melphalan 494
melting 57, 57F
membrane 228, 449
membrane attack complex (MAC) 109, 140,
142F
membrane disorders 453
membrane potential 290
membrane resting potential 211
membrane transport proteins 290
memory
immunological 80
impairment 517
memory cells 87
memory loss 182, 525
menaquinones 250
menarche 259
Mendel 422
Mendelian rules 423
Ménière’s disease 65B
meninges 44
meningitis 33, 44, 60M, 105, 169
meningitis C 60M
meningococcal infection 59
Menkes 252B
menopause 189, 193, 500
menorrhagia 173
menstrual cycle 17, 49, 192, 193Fmenstruation 196, 348B, 357
mental confusion 231
mental retardation 292B
mercaptopurine 150T
mercapturic acid 322
mercury 335, 339
merozoites 32B
mesenteric lymph nodes 48
mesentery 277, 278, 279, 279F, 280F
mesocolon 277, 279, 280F
mesothelioma 8
metabolic acid–base disorder 230
metabolic acidosis 310B, 331
metabolic disorder 230
metabolic function, abnormal 10
metabolic pathways 426F
metabolism 157, 173, 240, 251
metachromatic leukodystrophy 463T
metadrenaline 188B
metaphase 418, 421
metastasis 3, 5F, 476, 506
metastasize 478
metastatic calcification 217
methanol 231, 321, 331
methemoglobin 349, 362
methemoglobin reductase 349
methicillin-resistant 63
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) 63, 67B, 76B
methionine 325, 417
methotrexate 116, 150, 150T, 359, 493, 494F
methylation 431B, 431F
methylene tetrahydrofolate
polyglutamate 359
methylmercury 339
metriphonate 64
metronidazole 63, 64, 304
metyropone 186
mevalonate kinase 108M
Mexican yam 192B
micelles 291
miconazole 64
microalbuminuria 13
microarrays 443–4, 446
microbiological investigation 54
microbiological tests 280B
micrococci 55B
microcolonies 46
microfilaments (MF) 465, 466
microkines 33
micronutrients 240
microorganism 25, 55, 59, 128, 141
microscopic appearance 55
microscopy slides 139
microsphere 149
microsporum 30
microtiter plates 139
microtome 491
microtubules 64, 418, 418M, 466, 494, 525M
microvilli 286, 287F, 302, 307
middle ear 43
Middle East 28B
migraine 287
milk 309
milk-alkali syndrome 213–14
mineral, deficiency 270mineralization
bone 262
mineralocorticoid 183–4, 212, 219, 231
minerals 239, 250, 277, 294
source and daily intake 250T
minor trauma 66M
mircroscopic morphology 55
miscarriages 433
misfolded prion proteins 26
misfolded proteins 26
mites 26
mitochondria 64, 188, 349, 449, 456, 516, 527
mitochondrial
chromosomes 458
cristae 456
disorders 457, 458F, 459, 459F, 460, 460T,
461, 472
DNA 457, 458F
encephalomyopathy 460T
genes 457, 458, 461
inner membrane 456, 457T
matrix 456
ribosomes 457
transfer RNA 457
mitochondrian
electron micrograph 456F, 458F
energy metabolism 33
mitogens 102, 102B
mitosis 64, 418, 419F
mitotic spindle 494
mixed function oxidase 318
mixed germ cell tumors 160B
MMR vaccine 102
MNS 132T
modified hemoglobin 144B
modulins 33
molecular biological tests 54
molecular biology technique 149
molecular mimicry 33
molecular mimics 33
molybdenum 251
deficiency 265
monitoring of treatment 18
monoacylglycerols 277, 288, 291
monoacylphospholipids 291, 292
monoamine oxidase (MAO) 188B, 252B
monoclonal antibodies 90B, 149, 496
production 90B, 90F
uses 90B
monoclonal typing antibody 139
monocytes 77, 78, 95, 107, 136, 141T, 142,
347F, 348, 349
defects 107
monoglucuronides 281
mononuclear leukocytes (MN) 75, 76F, 77
monooxygenase systems 318, 333
monoploidy 440
monosaccharides 277, 290, 290F, 294
monosodium glutamate 282M
monosodium urate 220, 220F
monosomy 438
chromosome 437
Moraxella catarrhalis 45
morbid obesity 255B
morbidity 4, 59
morning after pill 193B