Promethazine hydrochloride: A phenothiazine derivative, having marked anti histaminic, sedative and antiemetic actions, used to provide bedtime, surgical and obstetrical sedation, to potentiate the action of central depressant, and to manage nausea and vomiting associated with surgery, pregnancy and motion sickness.
Promethestrol dipropionate : An orally effective, synthetic, nonsteroid estrogenic agent, having actions and uses similar to those of diethylstilbestrol.
Prominentia : A protrusion on another structure or part. Promiscuous: Having casual sex relation with many people. Promontorium : A projecting eminence or process.
Propantheline : A yellowish white crystalline powder, used as an antispasmodic and parasympatholytic agent.
Proparacaine hydrochloride: An anaesthetic, occurring as a ~hite or
buff-coloured , crystalline powder; applied topically to the conjunctiva. Propellant: (1) A rocket fuel. (2) A compres~ed gas used to expel the contents of containers in the form of aerosols.
Property: A characteristic quality, ability, capability or function.
Prophase: (1) The latent stage of a phage in a lysogenic bacterium, in which the viral genome becomes inserted into a specific portion of the
host chromosome and is duplicated in each cell generation. (2) The first stage in cell reduplication.
Prophylactic: An agent that tends to prevent occurrence of a disease ; hygienic.
Prophylaxia : Treatment or action adopted for warding off a disease. Prophylaxis: The prevention of disease.
Propioladone : A disinfectant having a heterocyclic ring, used to prepare inactivated vaccines.
Propiomazine hydrochloride: A phenothiazine derivative, used to provide bedtime, perisurgical ~d obstetrical sedation and as an antiemetic during labour.
Proplastid : Any of the cytoplasmic bodies resembling mitrochondria or chloroplasts, from which plastids are
formed.
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Propolis.: A resinous material collected by the live bees from the
opening buds. .
Propoxycaine hydrochloride: A local anaesthetic, used for infiltration and block anaesthesia.
Propranolol: A beta-adrenergic blocking agent which decreases cardiac rate and output, reduces blood pressure, and is effective in the prophylaxis of migraine.
Propranolol hydrochloride: The hydrochloride salt of propranolol,
used as an antianhythmic and antihypertensive 2nd in hypertrophic aortic stenosis.
Proprietary medicine: Any chemical drug, or similar preparation
copyright, or by any other means.
Proprioceptor: Sensory nerve terminals which give information concerning movements and position of the body.
Propyl: The univalent chemical radical, C3H7 or CH3CHzCHz. Propylene (propene) : A gaseous hydrocarbon, CH3CHzCH3.
Propyl gallate: A creamy white powder, used as an antioxidant agent. Propylene glycol: A clear, colourless, viscous liquid, used as humectant and solvent.
Propylhexedrine : An adrenergic compound, used as a vasoconstrictor to decongest nasal mucosa.
Propylparaben: An antifungal agent, used as a preservative. Propylthiouracil: A thyroid inhibitor, used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism. Propylphenazone : An analgesic and antipyretic agent.
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Proscillaridin : A cardiac glycoside, which yields rhamnose on hydrolysis, used as a cardiotonic.
Prosody: The variation in stress, pitch and rhythum of speech by which different shades of meaning are conveyed.
Prosopodiplegia : Paralysis of the face and one lower extremity. Prosoponeuralgia : Pain in the nerves of the face.
Prosopoplegia : Facial paralysis. Prosopospasm : Spasm of the muscles of the face.
Prostanglandin : Any component derived from unsaturated 20-carbon fatty acids, physiologically active hydroxy acids with a five-membered ring.
Prosttate : A gland in the male which surrounds the neck of the bladder and the urethra, contributes to the seminal fluid, a secretion containing acid
phosphatase, citric acid, and proteolytic enzymes.
Prostatectomy: Surgical removal of the prostate.
Prostatis", : Compression of the urethra.
Prostatitis: Inflammation of the prostate.
Prostatodynia : Pain in the prostate. Prostatometer : An instrument for measuring the prostate. Prostatotomy : Surgical incision of the prostate.
Prosthesis: An artificial substitute for a missing body part, used for functional or cosmetic reasons or both.
Prosthetic: Serving as a substitute.
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