Mortality rate, neonatal
The number of children under 28 days of age who die, divided by the number of live births in that year.
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- Mortality, infant
The 1997 infant mortality rate for the United States, according to preliminary data, was 7.1 deaths per 1,000 births, substantially below the 1983 rate of 10.9. Infant mortality data are available by mother’s race and ethnicity through 1996. Black, non-Hispanics have consistently had a higher infant mortality rate than white, non-Hispanics. In 1996, the black, […]
- Morton's neuroma
resting the foot, better fitting shoes with low or no heels and a wide toe box, a domed insert in the shoe to support the metatarsal arch, anti-inflammation medications, and ice packs. Rapid relief of symptoms can follow a local cortisone injection. For those with persistent symptoms, the swollen nerve tissue may be removed by […]
- Morton's syndrome
A syndrome characterized by a shortened first metatarsal (foot) bone that results in excessive force on the head of the second metatarsal (foot) bone and a hypermobile first metatarsal segment. The external appearance of the foot in Morton’s syndrome is characterized by an abnormally shortened first toe in comparison to the second toe. Calluses are […]
- Mosaic
A person or a tissue that contains two or more types of genetically different cells. All females are mosaics because of X-chromosome inactivation (lyonization). Mosaic patterns can affect the way genetic disorders are expressed. For example, about 5 percent of people with Down syndrome have a mosaic variant in which only some cells have an […]
- Moscati, St. Joseph
(1880-1927) Dr. Giuseppe (Joseph) Mosati, physician from Naples. First modern doctor to be canonized by the Catholic Church (in 1987). Moscati directed several hospitals, served as a doctor in the front lines of World War I, healed, taught and supported the poor and outcast. He was professor of medicine at Naples University.