METROPOLITAN ACHIEVEMENT TESTS (METROPOLI
is a collection of tests for children at grade 12 in the American education system which aims to evaluate their…
MEYER'S THEORY
is a theory of mental illness devised by U.S. psychiatrist Adolf Meyer (1866 - 1950) which implied that mental disorders…
MICHIGAN ALCOHOLISM SCREENING TEST (MAST)
is a 25 question test which aims to evaluate an individuals ability to self-measure the level of their alcohol abuse…
MICROCEPHALY
is the inverse condition of macrocephaly where the head of an infant or human being is abnormally small in comparison…
MICRODIALYSIS
is a diagnostic method for measuring the concentration of certain chemicals in a tissue or organ by allowing the chemicals…
MICROELECTRODE
is a small part of a battery for example, an electrode which has a tip which is not larger than…
MICROERGONOMICS
in the context of ergonomics microergonomics is the study of individual operator-machine interfaces or combinations.
MICROFILAMENT
is a very small filament made of protein, which is no bigger than 7 nm in diameter typically found in…
MICROGENETIC DEVELOPMENT
was first proposed by Lev Vygotsky which postulates the existence of a series of changes which occur over a relatively…
MICROGENETIC METHOD
an experimental technique which examines a developmental change in a small population over a small period of time, usually days…
MICROGRAPHIA
describes a disorder which characteristically has incredibly small (almost impossible to read) writing.
MICROPHTHALMOS-CORNEAL OPACITY-SPASTICITY SYN
is a presumed hereditary disorder in children which results in small eyes, opaque corneas, mental retardation and spastic diplegia.
MICROPOLYGYRIA
describes a condition where there are more ridges in portions of the brain than usual.