maleficence
The act of deliberately committing harm.
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malingering
To feign illness or exaggerate a medical condition for ulterior motive or gain, such as garnering attention or sympathy, procuring drugs for addiction or abuse, avoiding work, obtaining compensation, etc.
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malodorous
A descriptive term for foul-smelling.
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malpractice
Failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows.
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mandated
Any responsibility, action, or procedure that is imposed by one sphere of government on another through constitutional, legislative, administrative, executive, or judicial action as a direct order, or that is required as a condition of aid (e.
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mandated reporter
A professional who is required by his or her state’s law to notify a state, federal, or law enforcement agency of concern regarding certain potential criminal activity (e.
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mandatory reporting
A system under which health care professionals, authority figures, other professionals, and adult citizens, are required by law to inform authorities when a specified event occurs (e.
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Manhattan silver
Street, slang, or code word associated with marijuana.
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