M
Maceration: Using hot oil or water to extract essential oil from plant matter.
Menorrhagia: Excessive uterine bleeding during menstruation.
Metrorrhagia: Uterine bleeding outside the normal menstrual cycle.
Microbe: A microscopic living organism – bacteria, viruses etc.
Mucolytic: Dissolving mucous.
N
Narcotic: Induces a state of sedation.
Nervine: Reduces nervous disorders.
Nephritis: Inflammation of the kidneys.
Neuralgia: Severe shooting pain that extends along the course of one or more nerves.
Neurasthenia: Nervous exhaustion.
Neurotonic: Strengthens or tones the nervous system.
Neurotoxicity: Toxic to the nervous system.
