Denotations & Old terminologies used in Homopathy - Similima

Meteorism Abnormal collection of gas in the intestinal canal.it may be caused by;1.by
certain kinds food,such as not well fermented beer,sweet cider,fresh
bread,green peas,unripe fruit,cabbage and the like.2.by a morbidly changed
condition of the digestive juices,which allow the fermentation of intestinal
contents.3.by a relaxed state of the muscular coat of the intestines,in
consequence of which the contents of the bowel are not properly moved
forewards,and become decomposed into gaseous substances.meteorirism is
seen in severe cases of typhoid pneumonia,acute exanthematic andpuerpural
fevers,peritonitis,after the abuse of purgative medicines,in diseases of the brain
and spine,also in hysteria and hypochondria.4.mechanical obstruction of the
intestinal canal,like strangulated hernia,intussuseption and twistings of the gut
around its axis.
Metritis Inflammation of the uterus.
Miliaria Sudamina, Baby rash; Diaper rash; Miliaria; Milia; Prickly heat, heat rash,
strophulus, lichen tropicus, miliaria rubra. A disorder of the sweat glands with
obstruction of their ducts. An acute inflammatory skin disease, the lesion
consisting of vesicles and papules, accompanied by a pricking or tingling
sensation. It occures
Miliary fever A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling
a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.
Milium A small, white or yellowish cystlike mass just below the surface of the skin,
caused by retention of the secretion of a sebaceous gland. Also
called whitehead.
Millar s asthma Millar's asthma (laryngismus stridulus)
Miners asthma The dyspnea of anthracosis or other pneumoconioses in miners.
Mollities ossium Osteomalacia; softening of bone with the development of deformities.
Monomania From Greek monos, one, and mania, mania) is a type of paranoia in which the
patient has only one idea or type of ideas. Emotional monomania is that in
which the patient is obsessed with only one emotion or several related to it;
intellectual monomania is that which is related to only one kind of delirious idea
or ideas.
Morbus coxarius Tubercular disease of the hip joint.
Morbus sudatorious Excessive or foul smelling sweat
Morphea Sircumscribed scleroderma, addison’s Keloid. A skin disease marked by the
presence of indurated patches of a whitish or yellowish white colour surrounded
by pinkish or purplish border.
Morphin habit
Morphinism From morpheus, the god of dreams or of sleep. Effects caused by the habitual
use of morphine, morphine addiction. A morbid state induced by excessive use
of opium marked by lethargy, lassitude and chronic depression.
Morsels
Morvans disease Hydrosyringomyelia, Morvan's disease.A historical term for a peculiar form of
syringomyelia. A chronic disease marked by cavities in the spinal cord, usually
in the central region and often extending into the medulla (syringobulbia), or
inferiorly into the thoracic and lumbar regions of the cord. The symptom
complex includes symmetric, peripheral hyperesthesia of the extremities
accompanied by trophic changes in the form of slowly healing ulcers, atrophy of
the bones, and changes in the nails. Insidious onset in 2nd to 3rd decade.
Frequently associated with other congenital malformations, such as Klippel-Feil
syndrome and spina bifida. It usually occurs in young people of either sex.
Morvan first described this rare clinical picture in 1883.
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