Medical terms beginning with M

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used alone or with radiation therapy to treat Hodgkin lymphoma.

A monoclonal antibody being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.

Having to do with beliefs about what is right and wrong in terms of how people behave.

A disease or the incidence of disease within a population.

A tropical shrub.

The science of the form and structure of organisms (plants, animals, and other forms of life).

In medicine, having to do with the movement of body parts.

The use of special strains of mice to study a human disease or condition, and how to prevent and treat it.

In traditional Chinese medicine, a type of heat therapy in which an herb is burned on or above the skin to warm and stimulate an acupuncture point or affected area.

A drug used to treat bacterial infections.

A substance being studied in the treatment of several types of cancer.

A type of soft tissue sarcoma that develops in cells that form a protective sheath (covering) around peripheral nerves, which are nerves that are outside of the central nervous system (brain and…

A procedure in which radio waves and a powerful magnet linked to a computer are used to create detailed pictures of areas inside the body.

A type of RNA found in cells.

A noninvasive imaging method that provides information about cellular activity (metabolic information).

A substance that is being studied for its ability to make cancer cells respond better to chemotherapy drugs to which they have become resistant.

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancers of the blood.

A change that occurs in the DNA of certain cells (such as tumor cells) in which the number of repeats of microsatellites (short, repeated sequences of DNA) is different than the number of repeats…

The highest dose of a drug or treatment that does not cause unacceptable side effects.

A protein that helps control several cell functions, including cell division and survival, and binds to rapamycin and other drugs.