Glossary M
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MI (Myocardial infarction) is defined as a heart attack that is produced when a clot has developed in a coronary vessel, blocking the flow of blood to the heart; a cutoff of blood to the heart muscle, causing damage to the heart MI is also referred to as a heart attack. Myocardial infarction is also known as Angina pectoris or Cardiac arrest. Chest pain is a common symptom. .
Miasma refer to Infecting substances floating in the air; the effluvia or fine particles of any putrefying bodies, rising and floating in the atmosphere, and considered to be noxious to health.
Microcephaly is defined as a congenital disorder characterized by an abnormally small head in relation to the rest of the body. The head is more than two (2) standard deviations below the average circumference for a child of a similar age and sex. The size of the brain is also sub-normal, and the condition is associated with mental retardation.
Microelectrode refers to a thin piece of wire that is small enough to record electrical signals from a single neuron.
Microgenetic design is defined as a research design in which participants are studied intensively over a short period of time as developmental changes occur. It attempts to specify how or why those changes occur
Microgenetic development in Vygotsky's Socio-cultural theory are changes that occur over relatively brief periods of time, in seconds, minutes, or days, as opposed to larger-scale changes, as conventionally studied in ontogenetic development.