MEDIAN-CLEFT-FACE SYNDROME
is a congenital disorder with symptoms including the defective fusion of structures which meet at the midline of the face.
MEDICAL HISTORY
is the thorough history of a patients medical treatments and conditions, these usually start from birth if any treatment is…
MEFLOQUINE
is a chemical analogue of quinine which is currently used to treat any malarial infections and also used in the…
MELIORATION
relates to the assignment of time to complete a certain task and then setting a rate to accomplish the task…
MEMORY RETRAINING
is a process through which individuals who suffer from neurological conditions are able to retrain their brains to better work…
MENINGOENCEPHALITIS
describes an inflammation of the brain and meninges membranes covering it.
MENTAL AGE (MA)
is a numerical value which is calculated by dividing an individuals results of a variety of intelligence tests which give…
MENTAL LEXICON
is a store of the commonly used words, phrases and expressions that an individual utilizes on a day to day…
MENTAL STATUS
is a standardized assessment for an individuals cognitive, affective and behavioural state by a test which also takes into consideration…
MESSAGE-LEARNING APPROACH
first proposed by U.S. psychologist Carl I. Hovland (1912 - 1961) which implies that a change in attitude can be…
METACOMMUNICATION
describes the communication entailing the dynamics of the process of communication itself. Talking, about talking.
METHOD OF ABSOLUTE JUDGMENT
is where stimuli are given a unique identifier and then presented to a participant who is then asked to identify…
METHOD OF SINGLE STIMULI
an experimental technique where a single stimuli is presented which then requires a response from the participant.
METONYMIC DISTORTION
results in verbal expressions being substituted in the place of phrases which, if left in place, ensure a meaningful sentence.
MICROSPLANCHNIC TYPE
otherwise known as microsplanchnic build describes a body type with a small abdomen and elongated body.