Definition of MELAS

1. mela [n] - See also: mela

Medical Definition of MELAS

1. An acronym for mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactacidosis, and stroke; an inherited disorder of the respiratory chain, either a deficiency of NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I of the chain) or of cytochrome c oxidase. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melas

melanotropin-releasing factor
melanotropin-releasing hormone
melanotropin release-inhibiting hormone
melanotype
melanous
melanterite
Melanthiaceae
melanure
melanuria
melanuric
melaphyre
melaphyre
melaphyres
melarsoprol
MELAS (current term)
melas
melasma
melasma
melasma gravidarum
melasma universale
melassic
melastoma
Melastoma
Melastomaceae
melastomaceous
Melastomataceae
Melastoma malabathricum
melastome
melas syndrome
melatonin

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