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MOOD DISORDER DUE TO A GENERAL MEDICAL CONDI

is defined by the DSM (diagnostic statistical manual) as: significant and persistent mood disturbance (with depressive symptoms, manic symp

MORAL CONDUCT

is the tendency for an individual to conform to the social norm for a set of values.

MORBID

defines an unhealthy or diseased state.

MORPHO- (MORPH-)

defines form, or structure.

MOSAICISM

is the name for a condition where an individual is made up from two or more different cell lines which…

MOTION AGNOSIA

results after sustaining brain damage to the visual perceiving part of the brain which disables the individual from perceiving any…

MOTOR AMUSIA

which is the result of a person losing the ability to reproduce melodies, whilst they still may have the ability…

MOTOR EQUIVALENCE

the ability to complete certain tasks by utilizing parts of the body under different conditions, for example- writing a letter…

MOTOR PATHWAY

is the neural pathway or neural tissues which descend through the spinal cord from the brain or brainstem which then…

MOUTHSTICK

is a form of physically extending ones mouth by placing the device into their mouth with a protruding extension.

MUCOCUTANCOUS SKIN

is the skin found on the lips without hair. It is also found at the nasal and anal orifices.

MULTIDCTERMINATION

describes the interaction between several different factors such as- biological, psychological and environmental in terms of a disorder.

MULTINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION

is a purely hypothetical probability distribution where n objects which are sampled at random from a population of k things…

MULTIPLE MONITORED ELECTROCONVULSIVE TREAT

is the process of inducing multiple seizures during a session instead of a single seizure which hypothetically leads to the…

MULTIPLE-TASK PERFORMANCE

is usually used as a test of a persons ability to multitask where they are presented with a challenge of…

MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME

is a severe and chronic form of factitious disorder which is typically characterized with the persistent and consistent fabrication of…

MUSCLE RELAXATION

is the process of releasing the elastic tension in a muscle tissue.

MUSICIAN'S CRAMP

normally experienced in the arm or hand, which prevents musicians from performing due to the pain derived from cramp.

MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS

in the context of probability, mutually exclusive events are two separate events which cannot both occur, if EVENT 1 happens…

MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY

is a form of epilepsy which consists primarily of myoclonic seizures, or myoclonus. Otherwise known as myoclonus epilepsy.