P: Chemical symbol for phosphorus. p : Chemical symbol for para. PABA: para-Aminobenzoic acid.
Pacemaker: An object or substance that influences the rate at which a certain phenomenon occurs; an artificial cardiac pacemaker.
Pachyblepharon : A thickening of the eye.
Pachycephaly: Abnormal thickness of the bones of the skull. Pachycheilia: Thickening of the lips.
Pachychromatic : Having thick chromatin threads.
Pachyderma : Abnormal thickening of the skin.
Pachyglossia : Thickness of the tongue.
Pachygnathous: Having a large jaw. Pachyleptomeningitis: Inflammation of the dura and pia together. Pachymeningitis: Inflammation of the dura mater.
Pachymenigop'athy : Any noninflammatory disease of the dura mater.
Pachymeninx: The dura mater. Pachynsis : An abnormal thickening. Pachyonychia: Thickening of the nails.
Pachysalpingitis : Inflammation of the muscular coat of the oviduct.
Pachyvaginitis : Thickening of the vaginal walls.
Pack: Treatment by wrapping a patient in blankets, sheets or towel.
Packaging: The operation of placing materials in suitable contains or protective covering for storage, distributors and sale.
Packer: An instrument for introducing dressing into the uterus or vagina.
Paget's disease: Skeletal disease of elderly with chronic inflammation of bones resulting in thickening and softening of bones and bowing of long bones.
Pain: A localized sensation of discomfort, distress, or agony, resulting from the stimulation of specialized nerve endings.
Paint: (1) A uniformly dispersed mixture having a viscosity ranging from a thin liquid to a semisolid paste and consisting of a drying oil, resin, solvent and an inorganic pigment. (2) To apply a liquid preparation to a specific area as a remedial or protective measure.
Palatable: Pleasant to taste. Palate: The partition separating the nasal and oral cavities.
Palatitis: Inflammation of the palate. Palatoplegia: Paralysis of the palate.
Palea or Palet : The inner bracteole ; the thin and membraneous which encloses the grass flower.
Paleo pathology : The sensation of severe pain and marked variation of colou(.
Palin kinesia : Pathologic l~petition of movements.
Palindromia: The recurrence of a disease.
Palin esthesia : Tbe rapid termination of the anaesthetic state and the restoration to consciousness. Palingenesis : Restoration of a lost part.
Palingraphia : Pathologic repetition of words in writing.
Palinmnesis : Memory for past events.
Palinopsia : Recurrence of a visual sensation.
Palisade: (1) The arrangement of ceUs in stained smears of certain bacteria. (2) Tbe arrangement of cells in regular rows in tissue sections.
Palisade mesophyll : Elongated chlorophyllous cells distributed beneath the upper epidermis of a dorsiventralleaf.
Palladium: A rare, hard, inert metal, symbol Pd, atomic number, 46 ; atomic weight 106.4.
Pallanesthesia: Loss of vibration senses.
Pallesthesia vibrations.
Pallet: A low plateform for transporation or storage of materials. Pallhypesthesia : Diminished sensibility to vibrations.
Palliate: To reduce the severity of.
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Palliative: Affording relief.
Pallid cyanosis: A bluish-purple discoration of the mucous membranes and skin on the globus palIidus due to the presence of excessive amounts of reduced haemoglobin in capillaries.
Pallor: Paleness; absence of the skin colour.
Palm: (1) The hollow of the hand. (2) Palm trees of tropicals.
Palmital : An aldehyde liquid.
Palmitic acid: A satur;tted fatty acid, CH3 (CHV14ICOOH, occurring in natural fats and oils, used to prepare soaps.
Palmitin : A saponifiable, white crystalline fat from various fats and oils, glycerol tripalmitate ; C:3Hs (OCO C1sH31h.
Palmitoleic acid: An unsaturated fatty acid, CH3(CH2)sCH = CH (CH2h COOH, found in every fat.
Palp : A sensory or feeding appendage.
Palpable: Perceptible by touch. Palpate: To examine by the hand, to feel.
Palpation: The act of feeling with the hand.
Palpebra: Eyelid.
Palpitation: A condition in which the heart beats forcibly, rapid or irregularly.
Palsy: Paralysis.
Paludism: Malaria.
. Pamaquine: A toxic antimalarial compound derived from 8-aminoquinoline.
Pamplegia : Total paralysis.
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