General Medical Terms

As a medical descriptor, motor relates to muscle movement or to the nerves and brain regions directing it, as in motor neuron or motor cortex.

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

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.

MSI marks a defect in a cell's DNA repair machinery, seen as changes in short repeated DNA sequences, most notably in colorectal and endometrial tumors.

Mucosa is the moist membrane lining internal passages and cavities such as the mouth, gut, and airways, often producing protective mucus.

The moist, inner lining of some organs and body cavities (such as the nose, mouth, lungs, and stomach).

Mucus is a viscous, protective fluid that coats and moistens internal surfaces, trapping particles and helping shield the tissue beneath it.

A type of monoclonal antibody used in cancer detection or therapy.

In medicine, a term used to describe a treatment planning approach or team that includes a number of doctors and other health care professionals who are experts in different specialties (disciplines).

Adaptation of tumor cells to anticancer drugs in ways that make the drugs less effective.

Treatment used to make cancer cells less resistant to anticancer drugs.

Multiplicity describes the presence of more than one instance of a finding, such as several tumors or lesions, within the same patient or organ.

A mutagen is any physical or chemical agent capable of altering a cell's DNA, with ultraviolet light and certain chemicals among the most familiar examples.

To change the genetic material of a cell.

Despite a name suggesting fungal origin, mycosis fungoides is the most common form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, a cancer of white blood cells.

In mycosis fungoides, an area of skin that is thickened, raised, red, scaly, and itchy.

Myelin is a fatty insulating layer wrapped around nerve fibers that speeds electrical signaling and protects the underlying nerve from damage.

A severe form of myelosuppression.

Refers to myeloblasts (a type of immature cell that forms in the bone marrow).