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Magnetotherapy
Magnetotherapy applies static or pulsed magnetic fields to the body to relieve pain or promote bone healing; PEMF devices have FDA-cleared bone-healing indications, while static magnets lack conclusive evidence.
Magnifying endoscopy
Magnifying endoscopy is an endoscopic technique using optical zoom of 6-fold to 150-fold, typically with narrow-band imaging, to characterize gastrointestinal lesions with over 90% diagnostic accuracy.
Magnus Pyke
Magnus Pyke (1908-1992), British food scientist and broadcaster, presenter of Yorkshire TV's Don't Ask Me with Miriam Stoppard and David Bellamy; Pye Award 1975, OBE 1978, and the shouting "Science!" voice on Thomas Dolby's She Blinded Me with Science.
Magrolimab
Magrolimab (Hu5F9-G4, 5F9, GS-4721, ONO-7913) is Gilead's humanized anti-CD47 IgG4 monoclonal antibody for AML and MDS; phase 3 ENHANCE and ENHANCE-3 failed, and development in blood cancers was discontinued in 2024.
Maha Jvarankusa Rasa
Maha Jvarankusa Rasa (Mahājvarāṅkuśa rasa, Mahajwarankush Ras) is a classical Ayurvedic herbomineral tablet for fever, AFI000525, dosed 125 mg, containing purified mercury, sulphur, calamine, orpiment, and herbal ingredients.
Maha kalyanaka ghrta
Maha kalyanaka ghrta (महाकल्याण घृत), a classical Ayurvedic medicated ghee from Ashtanga Hridaya Uttarasthana with about 31 herbs, used for psychiatric, neurological, and fever indications and Panchakarma preparation.
Maha Laksmyvilasa Rasa
Mahā lakṣmīvilāsa rasa (Mahalaxmivilas Rasa, Laxmivilas Ras) is a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral tablet (AFI000137, 250 mg dose) containing mercury, sulphur, mica, tin, gold, and copper bhasmas, used mainly for cough and tuberculosis; heavy metal content varies by manufacturer.
Maha Narayana Taila
Maha Narayana Taila (Mahanarayana Thailam) is a classical Ayurvedic medicated sesame-oil formula, a Brihad Taila for Vata disorders, used in Abhyanga, Nasya, and Basti, listed on India's essential Ayurvedic drugs list.
Maha Tarunarka Rasa
Maha Tarunarka Rasa (Mahātaruṇārka rasa, AFI000535) is a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral formulation with 21 ingredients including calcined gold, mica, aconite, and musk; AFI dosage 250 mg, distinct from the shorter fever medicine Tarunarka Rasa.
Maha triphaladya ghrta
Maha triphaladya ghrta (Mahā triphalādya ghṛta, महात्रिफलादि घृत) is a classical Ayurvedic medicated ghee for eye diseases, made from Triphala, herbal juices, goat milk, and cow ghee; AFI000215, dose 6-12 g twice daily.
Maha Vatagajankusa Rasa
Maha Vatagajankusa Rasa (महावातगजाङ्कुश रस, MVGR), a Kharaliya Rasayana herbo-mineral Ayurvedic pill from Bhaishajya Ratnavali, variant of Vatagajankusha Rasa for Vata-Kapha disorders; contains mercury, orpiment, sulphur, bhasmas, and aconite.
Maha vatavidhvamsana rasa
Maha vatavidhvamsana rasa (Mahavat Vidhwansan Ras), AFI000631, is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral formulation from Yogaratnakara for vata disorders, containing calcined lead, tin, copper, iron, mica, mercury, sulphur, and herbs, dosed 125–250 mg.
Maha Yogaraja Guggulu
Maha Yogaraja Guggulu (Mahāyogarāja guggulu) is a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral tablet from the Sharngadhara Samhita, combining guggulu resin, many herbs, and calcined metals; used for vata disorders, with lead-content and CYP3A4 interaction safety concerns.
Mahagandhaka
Mahagandhaka (महागन्धक), also Mahagandhaka Vati or Mahagandhaka Agada, is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral formulation of purified sulphur, mercury, clove, neem, and nutmeg, dosed 375-750 mg for diarrhea, dysentery, and grahani.
Mahagandhaka vati
Mahagandhaka vati (Mahāgandhaka vaṭī), AFI000463, is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral pill of purified mercury, sulphur, neem leaf, clove, and nutmeg, dosed 375–750 mg for diarrhea, dysentery, and grahani; distinct from Gandhaka vati of Bhaishajyaratnavali.
Mahalaksadi Taila
Mahalaksadi Taila (Mahālaksadi taila) is a classical Ayurvedic medicated oil (taila) prepared with lac and sesame oil, which is listed in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India.
Mahasankha vati (mahasamkha vati)
Mahasankha vati (Mahashankha Vati), a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral tablet from Bhaishajya Ratnavali (AFI 2:179) for grahani, piles, and weak digestion; contains Shankha Bhasma, mercury, sulfur, and purified aconite; dose 125–250 mg.
Mahatikta ghrta
Mahatiktaka Ghrita (Mahātiktaka ghṛta), a classical Ayurvedic medicated ghee of bitter herbs, AFI000107, dosed 6-12 g, indicated for skin diseases, bleeding disorders, and pitta conditions.
Mahuang Tang
麻黄汤 (Mahuang Tang, Ephedra Decoction) is a classical Chinese formula from the Shanghan Lun of ephedra, cinnamon twig, apricot kernel, and licorice for wind-cold exterior-excess patterns with fever, absence of sweating, and wheezing.
Maintenance chemotherapy
Maintenance chemotherapy is a cancer strategy of continuing lower-dose treatment after remission to prolong it, distinct from consolidation therapy; it is standard in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia but unproven in ovarian cancer.
Maizhuninujia
Maizhuninujia (买朱尼努加) is a five-herb Uyghur medicine honey-paste formula from the 1368 Baidiyi Medicinal Book, used for Malihuria (neurasthenia, amnesia, depression) and listed in China's 2023 second-batch ancient classic formula catalogue.
Majeed syndrome
Majeed syndrome (MJDS, OMIM 609628), also called LPIN2-related CRMO, a rare autosomal recessive autoinflammatory disease with early-onset chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, congenital dyserythropoietic anemia, and sometimes Sweet syndrome, treated with anti-IL-1 agents.
MajesTEC-1 trial (NCT03145181)
MajesTEC-1 (NCT03145181/NCT04557098), a phase 1/2 single-arm trial of teclistamab (Tecvayli), a BCMA×CD3 bispecific antibody, in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma; 165 patients at 1.5 mg/kg weekly subcutaneous dosing achieved 63% ORR, supporting the 2022 FDA accelerated approval.
Major anomalies of jaw size
Major anomalies of jaw size (ICD-11 DA0E.0; ICD-10 K07.0) is a dentofacial anomaly category covering abnormally small or large jaws, chiefly micrognathia (DA0E.00), its syndromic associations such as Pierre Robin sequence, and treatments like mandibular distraction osteogenesis.
Major depressive disorder
Major depressive disorder (MDD, clinical depression): a DSM-5-defined mood disorder of two-week depressive episodes. Formerly melancholia; affects 8.3% of US adults yearly; treated with psychotherapy, antidepressants, ECT, esketamine.
Major depressive episode
Major depressive episode: a period of at least two weeks with depressed mood or anhedonia plus five of nine DSM-5 symptoms causing impairment; basis of major depressive disorder, near-identical in ICD-11.
Major trauma
Major trauma: life-threatening, potentially life-changing injury managed through field triage, hemorrhage control, and regionalized trauma-center care, which lowers mortality versus non-trauma centers.
Majun Ushba
买朱尼吾西拜 (Majun Ushba) is a classical Uyghur honey electuary from the Qarabadin-e Azam, listed in China's second batch of ancient classic formulas, traditionally for abnormal spleen and phlegm humors, now developed for urinary tract infection.
Makaradhvaja
Makaradhvaja (Makaradhwaja, Makardhwaj) is an Ayurvedic Kupipakwa Rasayana of gold, mercury, and sulfur, first named in Rasaratnakara; chiefly red mercury sulfide (alpha-HgS) with trace gold, used as a Rasayana and aphrodisiac.
Mal de debarquement
Mal de debarquement (MdD) is the rocking or swaying self-motion sensation after passive motion like sea travel; when persistent it is mal de debarquement syndrome (MdDS), a rare female-predominant vestibular disorder with Bárány Society diagnostic criteria and optokinetic stimulation as leading treatment.