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Mactaris
Mactaris (MKTRYM; modern Makthar, Tunisia) was a Numidian, Punic, and Roman city on a high central Tunisian plateau, annexed by Rome in 46 BC, made a colony in the late 2nd century AD, famed for its Trajan arch and the harvester inscription, later a Byzantine bishopric abandoned in the 9th-11th century.
Macuahuitl
The macuahuitl was a Mesoamerican wooden club edged with obsidian blades, serving as a short cutting sword and the main hand weapon of Aztec Eagle and Jaguar warriors.
Macula densa
Macula densa: densely packed columnar epithelial cells of the distal tubule at the glomerular vascular pole, forming the juxtaglomerular apparatus; senses NaCl via NKCC2 to drive tubuloglomerular feedback and renin release.
Macular amyloidosis
Macular amyloidosis (macular cutaneous amyloidosis) is a rare, chronic primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis: pruritic gray-brown macules in a rippled pattern on the upper back and arms, without systemic amyloid involvement.
Macular corneal dystrophy
Macular corneal dystrophy is a rare autosomal recessive corneal disease caused by CHST6 gene mutations, in which glycosaminoglycan buildup clouds both corneas and progressively impairs vision.
Macular degeneration
Macular degeneration (AMD), also called age-related macular degeneration, is a retinal disease blurring central vision. Dry and wet types; drusen hallmark; treated with anti-VEGF injections, AREDS supplements, and GA drugs pegcetacoplan and avacincaptad pegol.
Macular disorders
Macular disorders (ICD-11 9B75, 黄斑障害) are diseases of the macula, the retina's central vision area. They include age-related macular degeneration, macular edema, macular hole, and inherited macular dystrophies, staged by drusen size and treated with anti-VEGF drugs.
Macular edema
Macular edema is fluid accumulation in the macula, the central retina, caused by blood-retinal barrier dysfunction in diabetes, retinal vein occlusion, uveitis, and post-cataract inflammation; treated with anti-VEGF drugs, corticosteroids, and laser.
Macular hole surgery
Macular hole surgery is a vitreoretinal operation combining pars plana vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane peeling, and gas tamponade, achieving anatomical closure in 85 to 95% of eyes.
Macular telangiectasia
Macular telangiectasia (MacTel), chiefly type 2 or perifoveal telangiectasia, is a rare bilateral retinal disease combining telangiectatic capillaries with photoreceptor and Müller cell degeneration, linked to serine and deoxysphingolipid metabolism, with Encelto approved in 2025.
MacuLogix
MacuLogix, formerly Apeliotus Vision Science, was a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania medical device startup founded in 2008 whose AdaptDx devices detect dry age-related macular degeneration; LumiThera bought its assets in 2022.
Maculopapular cutaneous mastocytosis
Maculopapular cutaneous mastocytosis (urticaria pigmentosa), the commonest cutaneous mastocytosis, causes hyperpigmented mast-cell skin lesions; monomorphic in adults, polymorphic in children, often resolving by adolescence.
Maculopapular rash
Maculopapular rash (maculopapular exanthem, morbilliform eruption): acute generalized skin eruption of flat macules and raised papules, usually viral or drug-induced; drug reactions cause about 90% of cutaneous drug hypersensitivity cases.
Macumba
Macumba is a Brazilian Portuguese word for a loose complex of popular Afro-Brazilian rituals centered on healing and worldly benefits, not the name of a single religion.
Macunaíma
Macunaíma (1969), Joaquim Pedro de Andrade's adaptation of Mário de Andrade's 1928 modernist novel, stars Grande Otelo and Paulo José as the black and white trickster hero; Cinema Novo's only box-office hit, censored under Brazil's military dictatorship.
Macy Gray
Macy Gray (Natalie Renée McIntyre, born 1967, Canton, Ohio) is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter and actress; her 1999 hit "I Try" and album On How Life Is brought a 2001 Grammy and two 2000 BRIT Awards.
Macy's
Macy's is the American department store chain founded by Rowland H. Macy in New York in 1858, flagship nameplate of Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M), known for its Herald Square store and Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and executing the Bold New Chapter turnaround of about 150 store closures.
Macy's Herald Square
Macy's Herald Square is the flagship department store of Macy's, occupying a full block in Midtown Manhattan. Opened in 1902, it was the world's largest department store from 1924 until 2009.
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, also called Macy's Christmas Parade in 1924-1927, is an annual Manhattan Thanksgiving parade begun November 27, 1924, famous for giant helium balloons, floats, and NBC's national telecast since 1953.
Macy's, Inc.
Macy's, Inc. (formerly Federated Department Stores) is the American holding company behind Macy's, Bloomingdale's, and Bluemercury, NYSE ticker M. It ran 665 stores with $21.8 billion fiscal 2025 net sales and is executing the 2024 Bold New Chapter closure strategy.
Mad (magazine)
Mad (MAD), American satire magazine founded 1952 by Harvey Kurtzman and William Gaines at EC Comics; became a magazine with issue #24 (1955), reached 2.3 million circulation in the 1970s under Al Feldstein, and remains in print under DC.
Mad (manga)
MAD (マッド, Maddo) is a post-apocalyptic SF survival manga by Yusuke Otori, serialized on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ since June 18, 2024, about survivor John on an alien-overrun Earth; eight Jump Comics volumes, ranked in Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2025 and Next Manga Award 2025.
Mad (TV series)
Mad (MAD) was a Cartoon Network animated sketch-comedy series adapted from Mad magazine, airing September 6, 2010 to December 2, 2013 in three seasons, produced by Warner Bros. Animation with Kevin Shinick, distinct from the live-action Fox series MADtv.
Mad About You
Mad About You, NBC sitcom (1992–1999) cocreated by Paul Reiser and Danny Jacobson, starring Reiser and Helen Hunt as New York newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman; 164 episodes, 12 Emmys, 2019 Spectrum revival.
Mad as a hatter
Mad as a hatter: English idiom meaning crazy, first recorded 1827–1829, traditionally linked to mercury poisoning of felt-hat makers (erethism, hatter's shakes), though etymologists dispute that origin; popularized by Lewis Carroll's Hatter.
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) is Joel Alfonso Vargas's 2025 debut drama about a Bronx nutcracker seller facing fatherhood; Sundance premiere, Oscilloscope release, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Mad Catz
Mad Catz (Mad Catz Global Limited) is a gaming peripherals brand: R.A.T. mice, S.T.R.I.K.E. keyboards, and Tournament Edition fight sticks. Founded 1989, bankrupt March 2017, relaunched 2018 from Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Mad Concrete Dreams
Mad Concrete Dreams (대한민국에서 건물주 되는 법) is a 2026 tvN Korean crime black-comedy mini-series, 12 episodes, starring Ha Jung-woo as an indebted building owner whose staged kidnapping spirals real; directed by Yim Pil-sung, written by Oh Han-ki.
Mad Decent
Mad Decent is an independent record label founded by Diplo in Philadelphia in 2006, now Los Angeles-based, known for baile funk, moombahton, Baauer's "Harlem Shake," Major Lazer, Jeffree's, and the Mad Decent Block Party.
Mad Detective (神探)
Mad Detective (神探, San taam) is a 2007 Hong Kong crime thriller co-directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, starring Lau Ching-wan as a detective who sees people's inner personalities in a missing-gun case; it won the 27th Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay.