GC: n S: http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri (last access: 26 January 2016); http://www.nibib.nih.gov/science-education/science-topics/magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri (last access: 26 January 2016); http://www.journals.elsevier.com/magnetic-resonance-imaging/ (last access: 26 January 2016). N: 1. magnetic (adj): 1610s, literal; 1630s, figurative, from Modern Latin magneticus, from Latin magnes (see magnet). resonance (n): mid-15c., in acoustics, “prolongation of sound by reverberation;” 1660s, “act
GC: n S: Medscape – https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/524310 (last access: 1 November 2022); NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6509257/ (last access: 1 November 2022). N: 1. c. 1300, maleise “pain, suffering; sorrow, anxiety,” also, by late 14c., “disease, sickness,” from Old French malaise “difficulty, suffering, hardship,” literally “ill-ease,” from mal “bad” (see mal-) + aise
GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/topics/malaria/en/ (last access: 31 October 2013); DORLAND p. 1097. N: 1. 1740, from Italian mal’aria, from mala aria, literally “bad air,” from mala “bad” (fem. of malo, from Latin malus; see mal-) + aria “air” (see air (n.1)). Probably first used by Italian physician Francisco
GC: n S: https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1756-3305-3-5 (last access: 11 May 2016); CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/biology/parasites.html (last access: 11 May 2016). N: 1. malaria (n): 1740, from Italian mal’aria, from mala aria, literally “bad air,” from mala “bad” (fem. of malo, from Latin malus; see mal-) + aria “air”. Probably first used by Italian
GC: n S: http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=22055 (last access: 10 October 2015); http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2009:277:0102:0108:EN:PDF (last access: 25 April 2013). N: 1. Also mal-formation, 1731, from mal- + formation. 2. A structural defect in the body due to abnormal embryonic or fetal development. There are many types of malformations. For example, cleft lip and cleft
GC: n S: https://www.wfp.org/hunger/malnutrition (last access: 27 July 2013); http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000404.htm (last access: 27 July 2015). N: 1. 1843, from mal- + nutrition. 2. malnutrition, physical condition resulting either from a faulty or inadequate diet (i.e., a diet that does not supply normal quantities of all nutrients) or from a physical
GC: n S: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/jan/28/pinochet.chile1 (last access: 2 September 2014); NAVARRO. N: 1. man of straw, plural men of straw (count) chiefly British: straw man. 2. straw man: a weak or imaginary argument or opponent that is set up to be easily defeated. a weak or imaginary opposition (as an argument
GC: adj S: UN – http://www.un.org/staffdevelopment/viewPage.asp?selMenu=mandatory.asp (last access: 4 September 2014); NAVARRO p. 602. N: 1. 1570s, “of the nature of a mandate,” from Late Latin mandatorius “pertaining to a mandator,” from Latin mandatus, past participle of mandare (see mandate (n.)). Sense of “obligatory because commanded” is from 1818. 2.
GC: n S: NAVARRO p. 602; https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/governance/Pages/Mandatory-requirements.aspx (last access: 3 October 2015). N: The phrase “mandatory requirement” is redundant. A mandatory action is something that is required, obligatory, or compulsory. Like letting your Great Aunt Edna pinch your cheeks or passing gym to get your diploma. Mandatory is often used
GC: n S: http://www.healthgrades.com/conditions/marasmus (last access: 27 July 2015); EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/science/marasmus (last access: 27 July 2015). N: 1. “wasting away of the body,” 1650s, Modern Latin, from Greek marasmos “a wasting away, withering, decay,” from marainein “to quench, weaken, wither,” from PIE root *mer- “to rub away, harm” (see
GC: n S: CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/marburg.htm (last access: 1 December 2013); http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/marburg-hemorrhagic-fever (last access: 28 July 2015). N: Marburg hemorrhagic fever is a rare, severe type of hemorrhagic fever which affects both humans and non-human primates. Caused by a genetically unique zoonotic (that is, animal-borne) RNA virus of the filovirus
GC: n S: CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/marburg/qa.htm (last access: 29 November 2013); http://www.news-medical.net/health/Marburg-Virus.aspx (last access: 28 July 2015). N: 1. The causative virus of Marburg disease, a severe febrile illness with a case mortality of over 20 per cent. It appeared in 1967 as a laboratory outbreak in Marburg, Frankfurt and
GC: n S: Van Hoff, D. et al (2005): Pancreatic Cancer. Massachusetts, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, p. 188; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6540742 (last access: 29 June 2017). N: 1. Abbreviated term: MTD. 2. The highest dose of a drug or treatment that does not cause unacceptable side effects. The maximum tolerated dose is
GC: npl S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs286/en/ (last access: 6 September 2015); DORLAND p. 2063. N: 1. Infectious disease, early 14c., plural of Middle English masel, perhaps from Middle Dutch masel “blemish” (in plural “measles”) or Middle Low German masele, from Proto-Germanic *mas- “spot, blemish” (cognates: Old High German masla “blood-blister,”
GC: n S: MDLP – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000081.htm (last access: 9 December 2014); EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/372180/mediastinitis (last access: 14 December 2014). N: 1. mediastinitis (n): mediastinal comes from Latin mediastinus, midway + –itis: noun suffix denoting diseases characterized by inflammation, Modern Latin, from Greek -itis, feminine of adjectival suffix -ites “pertaining to.”
GC: n S: http://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/Pages/default.aspx (last access: 2 September 2014); http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/02/america-medical-care-system-health-care-system.html (last access: 26 September 2015). N: The medical and surgical treatment including necessary drugs and dressings, diagnostic and investigational procedures, hospitalization, preventive medicine procedures, transportation as a patient, and the supply and maintenance of prosthetic appliances, and includes professional care,