Category: Mp-Mz

A slow-growing bacterium found in the soil and in dust particles that causes tuberculosis in birds and swine and is responsible for the mycobacterium avian complex (MAC) in humans. 

A large family of bacteria that have unusually waxy cell walls that are resistant to digestion. The mycobacteria includes: The mycobacteria are acid-fast rod-shaped bacteria. They are usually slow-growing. Many are intracellular parasites.

Prefix that denotes a relationship to fungus. From the Greek mykes, meaning fungus.

Prefix that denotes a relationship to fungus. From the Greek mykes, meaning fungus.

An autoimmune neuromuscular disorder that is characterized by fatigue and exhaustion of muscles. Abbreviated MG. MG is caused by a mistaken immune response to the body’s own nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, which are found in junctions between muscles and the nervous system. The body produces antibodies that attack these receptors, preventing signals from reaching the muscles. A number of treatments are available that…

Pain in the muscles or within muscle ’tissue.

In medicine, not the most valuable player but mitral valve prolapse.

The inability or unwillingness to speak. A person who is mute cannot or does not care to talk. Someone who was mute was said to be dumb, not in the sense of being stupid, but in the sense of being devoid of the power of speech. The term “mutism” is specifically applied to people who, due to profound congenital (or early) deafness,…

A mute is a person who does not speak, either from an inability to speak or an unwillingness to speak. The term “mute” is specifically applied to a person who, due to profound congenital (or early) deafness, is unable to use articulate language and so is deaf-mute. A mute in speech is a letter that is silent and also an…

Having to do with the muscles. Also, endowed with above average muscle development. Muscular system refers to all of the muscles of the body collectively.