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mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary Category: Health and Medicine > Medical Dictionary Date & country: 26/01/2008, UK Words: 116197

perspiratory glands
Synonym for sweat glands ... The coil glands of the skin that secrete the sweat. ... Synonym: glandulae sudoriferae, Boerhaave's glands, perspiratory glands, sudoriferous glands. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

perspire
To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores. 'Firs . . . Perspire a fine balsam of turpentine.' (Smollett) ... 1. <physiology> To excrete matter through the skin; especially, to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat. ... 2. To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of …

perstillation
See: pervaporation. ... Origin: L. Per, through, + stillo, to trickle, distil ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

persuade
1. To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives. 'Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.' (Acts xxvi. 28) 'We will persuade him, be it possible.' (Shak) ... 2. To try to influence. 'Hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you.' (2 King …

persuasion
1. The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination. 'For thou hast all the arts of fine persuasion.' (Otway) ... 2. The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced. 'If the g …

persuasive communication
A mode of communication concerned with inducing or urging the adoption of certain beliefs, theories, or lines of action by others. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

persulfate
A salt of persulfuric acid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

persulfide
1. That one of a series of sulfides that contains more atoms of sulfur than any other. ... 2. The sulfur analog of a peroxide. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

persulfuric acid
H2SO5; Peroxymonosulfuric acid;an oxidizing agent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pertain
1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant life. 'Men hate those who affect that honor by ambition which pertaineth not to them.' (Hayward) ... 2. To have relation or reference to something. 'These words pertain un …

pertechnetate
Anionic form of technetium used widely in nuclear scanning; 99mTc04. ... Sodium pertechnetate, Na 99mTcO4;a radiopharmaceutical used for brain, thyroid, and salivary gland scanning. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Perthes disease
<orthopaedics> A disorder characterised by the deterioration of the head of the femur in the hip joint, due to its insufficient blood supply. This disorder occurs most frequently in boys aged 5 to 10 years and tends to run in families. ... Symptoms include thigh pain, hip pain, knee pain, atrophy of muscles in the thigh, hip stiffness and walk …

Perthes, Georg
<person> German surgeon, 1869-1927. ... See: Perthes disease, Perthes' test, Calve-Perthes disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Perthes' test
A test for patency of deep femoral vein; with the patient standing, a tourniquet is applied above the knee; after walking, if deep circulation is competent, the superficial varicosities remain unchanged and legs become painful. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

perthio-
<prefix> Prefix denoting substitution of sulfur for every oxygen in a compound; e.g., perthiocarbonic acid, H2CS3. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Pertik, Otto
<person> Hungarian pathologist, 1852-1913. ... See: Pertik's diverticulum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Pertik's diverticulum
An abnormally deep recessus pharyngeus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pertrochanteric fracture
A fracture through the great trochanter of the femur; a form of extracapsular hip fracture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

perturbation
1. The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed; especially, agitation of mind. ... 2. <astronomy> A disturbance in the regular elliptic or other motion of a heavenly body, produced by some force additional to that which causes its regular motion; as, the perturbations of the planets are caused by their attraction on each other. ... O …

pertussis
<infectious disease> An acute, highly contagious infection of the respiratory tract, most frequently affecting young children, usually caused by Bordetella pertussis, a similar illness has been associated with infection by B. Parapertussis and B. Bronchiseptica. ... It is characterised by a catarrhal stage, beginning after an incubation period …

pertussis immune globulin
A sterile solution of globulin's derived from the plasma of adult human donors who have been immunised with pertussis vaccine; used both prophylactically and therapeutically. ... Synonym: pertussis immunoglobulin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pertussis immunoglobulin
Synonym for pertussis immune globulin ... A sterile solution of globulin's derived from the plasma of adult human donors who have been immunised with pertussis vaccine; used both prophylactically and therapeutically. ... Synonym: pertussis immunoglobulin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pertussis syndrome
Synonym for pertussis ... <infectious disease> An acute, highly contagious infection of the respiratory tract, most frequently affecting young children, usually caused by Bordetella pertussis, a similar illness has been associated with infection by B. Parapertussis and B. Bronchiseptica. ... It is characterised by a catarrhal stage, beginning a …

pertussis toxin
<protein> Protein complex (ca 117 kD). An A B toxin, the active subunit is a single polypeptide 28 kD), the binding subunit a pentamer (two heterodimers, 23 + 11.7 kD, 11.7 + 22 kD and a monomer (9.3 kD) that binds the heterodimers). The active subunit ADP ribosylates the _ subunit of the inhibitory GTP-binding protein (Gi). Crucial to the pa …

pertussis toxins
<chemical> Any of various biologically active proteins or toxins elaborated by bordetella pertussis that cause the symptoms of whooping cough. Some activate pancreatic islets, others inhibit the adenylate cyclase cascade and some cause lymphocytosis. ... Chemical name: Toxins, pertussis ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pertussis vaccine
A suspension of killed bordetella pertussis organisms, used for immunization against pertussis (whooping cough). It is generally used in a mixture with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids (dtp). There is an acellular pertussis vaccine prepared from the purified antigenic components of bordetella pertussis, which causes fewer adverse reactions than whole …

pertussis-like syndrome
<syndrome> A syndrome characterised by severe episodes of coughing resembling whooping cough (pertussis). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

peruvian
Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America. ... A native or an inhabitant of Peru. Peruvian balsam. See Balsam of Peru, under Balsam. Peruvian bark, the bitter bark of trees of various species of Cinchona. It acts as a powerful tonic, and is a remedy for malarial diseases. This property is due to several alkaloids, as quinine, cinchonine, etc, and t …

Peruvian bark
Synonym for cinchona ... A genus of rubiaceous south american trees that yields the toxic cinchona alkaloids from their bark; quinine, quinidine, chinconine, cinchonidine and others are used to treat malaria and cardiac arrhythmias. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

Peruvian tarantula
Pruning spider, Glyptocranium gasteracanthoides, a poisonous Peruvian spider whose bite causes local gangrene, haematuria, and neurotoxic symptoms. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Peruvian wart
Synonym for verruca peruana ... A late, eruptive stage of bartonellosis; characterised by soft conical or pedunculated vascular papules anywhere on the skin or mucous membranes from miliary size to several centimeters, resolving without scars after a few months. ... Synonym: haemorrhagic pian, Peruvian wart, verruca peruana, verruca peruviana. ... (05 …

pervaporation
The heating of a liquid within a dialyzing bag suspended over a hot plate, evaporation taking place rapidly through the membrane; any colloids in solution remain within the bag while crystalloids diffuse out and crystallise on the outer surface of the bag (perstillation). ... Origin: L. Per, through, + vapor, steam ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pervasive development disorder
<neurology, psychiatry> A large group of developmental disabilities which are neurological disorders, usually of unknown cause. ... Characteristics include reduced abilities to understand language and communicate normally, reduced ability to socially interact with others in a normal manner, and limited variety in activities and interests. Indi …

pervasive developmental disorder
A class of mental disorders of infancy, childhood, or adolescence characterised by distortions in the development of the multiple basic psychological functions involved in the development of social skills and language. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pervenous pacemaker
An artificial pacemaker passed through the venous circulation into the right side of the heart. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

perversion
<psychology> A turning aside from the normal course, a morbid alteration of function which may occur in emotional, intellectual or volitional fields. In psychiatry, sexual deviation. ... Origin: L. Versio = a turning ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

pervert
One who practices perversions. ... See: deviant. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

perverted
Abnormal, deviant, or disordered. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pervigilium
Wakefulness; sleeplessness. ... Origin: L. A watching all night ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pervious
1. Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil. '[Doors] . . . Pervious to winds, and open every way.' (Pope) ... 2. Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision. 'God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye.' (Jer. Taylor) ... 3. Capable of penetrating or per …

perylene
<chemical> Dibenz(de, kl)anthracene. Polycyclic hydrocarbon soil and water pollutant; also used as fluorescent lipid probe in cytochemistry of membranes and other lipid structures; derivatives may be carcinogenic. ... Synonym: peri-dinaphthalene. ... Chemical name: Perylene ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pes abductus
Synonym for talipes valgus ... Permanent eversion of the foot, the inner side alone of the sole resting on the ground; it is usually combined with a breaking down of the plantar arch. ... Synonym: pes abductus, pes pronatus, pes valgus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pes adductus
Synonym for talipes varus ... Inversion of the foot, the outer side of the sole only touching the ground; usually some degree of talipes equinus is associated with it, and often talipes cavus. ... Synonym: pes adductus, pes varus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pes anserinus
Synonym for intraparotid plexus of facial nerve ... <anatomy, nerve> The diverging branches of the facial nerve passing through the substance of the parotid gland, connected by numerous looped anastomoses. ... Synonym: plexus intraparotideus, pes anserinus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pes cavus
Literally a hollow foot, pes cavus is a foot with too high an arch. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pes equinovalgus
Synonym for talipes equinovalgus ... Talipes equinus and talipes valgus combined; the foot is plantarflexed, everted, and abducted. ... See: clubfoot. ... Synonym: equinovalgus, pes equinovalgus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pes equinovarus
Synonym for talipes equinovarus ... The most common congenital abnormality of the foot. Clubfoot may occur in several forms, but talipes equinovarus is the most common. In this case the foot turns downward and inward. Treatment involves the extended use of orthopaedic splints or casts to correct the position of the foot. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

pes febricitans
An obsolete term for elephantiasis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pes gigas
Synonym for macropodia ... Abnormally large feet. ... Synonym: megalopodia, pes gigas. ... Origin: macro-+ G. Pous, foot. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pes hippocampi
Synonym for foot of hippocampus ... <anatomy> The anterior thickened extremity of the hippocampus. ... Synonym: pes hippocampi, digitationes hippocampi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pes planum
Synonym for flat feet ... All babies have flat feet because their arches are not yet built up (anf their feet tend to be plump). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pes planus
A condition in which the longitudinal arch is broken down, the entire sole touching the ground. ... Synonym: flatfoot, talipes planus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pes pronatus
Synonym for talipes valgus ... Permanent eversion of the foot, the inner side alone of the sole resting on the ground; it is usually combined with a breaking down of the plantar arch. ... Synonym: pes abductus, pes pronatus, pes valgus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pes valgus
Synonym for talipes valgus ... Permanent eversion of the foot, the inner side alone of the sole resting on the ground; it is usually combined with a breaking down of the plantar arch. ... Synonym: pes abductus, pes pronatus, pes valgus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pes varus
Synonym for talipes varus ... Inversion of the foot, the outer side of the sole only touching the ground; usually some degree of talipes equinus is associated with it, and often talipes cavus. ... Synonym: pes adductus, pes varus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pescovegetarian
A vegetarian who consumes dairy products, eggs, and fish, but does not consume other animal flesh. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pessaries
Instruments placed in the vagina to support the uterus or rectum or to serve as a contraceptive device. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pessary
1. <apparatus> An instrument placed in the vagina to support the uterus or rectum or as a contraceptive device. ... 2. <pharmacology> A medicated vaginal suppository. ... Origin: L. Pessarium ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

pessary cell
A red blood cell in which the haemoglobin has disappeared from the centre, leaving only the periphery visible. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pessary corpuscle
An elongated red blood cell with haemoglobin concentrated in the peripheral portion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pest
A general term for organisms (rats, insects, etc.) which may cause illness or damage or consume food crops and other materials important to humans. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

pest control
The reduction or regulation of the population of noxious, destructive, or dangerous insects or other animals. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pest control, biological
The use of biological mechanisms, usually involving living organisms such as bacteria, for the reduction or regulation of the population of noxious, destructive, or dangerous pests. Environmental concerns have focused attention on natural forms of disease control as potentially safe and effective alternatives to chemical pesticides. This has led to …

PEST sequence
Amino acid motif that is thought to target cytoplasmic proteins for rapid proteolytic degradation. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

peste des petits ruminants virus
A highly contagious systemic disease of sheep and goats in West Africa, caused by a morbillivirus called peste des petits ruminants virus. ... It is characterised by fever, anorexia, a necrotic stomatitis with gingivitis, diarrhoea and can often cause a severe, often fatal enteritis and pneumonia. ... (20 Sep 2002) ...

pester
1. To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations. 'We are pestered with mice and rats.' (Dr. H. More) 'A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world.' (Dryden) ... 2. To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest. 'All rivers and pools . . . Pestered full with fishes.' (Holland) ... Origin: Abbrev. Fr. Impester, …

pesticaemia
Bacteraemia due to Yersinia pestis. ... Origin: L. Pestis, plague, + G. Haima, blood ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pesticide
<pharmacology> A chemical which is used to kill unwanted organisms such as rats, insects, nematodes, etc. ... Pesticides often act as nerve poisons, and they are hazardous to animals and humans (some pesticides can cause nerve or liver damage, birth defects and cancer). ... See: biological magnification and herbicide. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

pesticide residues
Pesticides or their breakdown products remaining in the environment following their normal use or accidental contamination. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pesticide synergists
Chemicals that, while not possessing inherent pesticidal activity, nonetheless promote or enhance the effectiveness of other pesticides when combined. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pesticides
Chemicals used to destroy pests of any sort. The concept includes fungicides (fungicides, industrial), insecticide, rodenticides, etc. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pestiferous
Synonym for pestilential ... Relating to or tending to produce a pestilence. ... Synonym: pestiferous. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pestilence
1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. 'The pestilence That walketh in darkness.' (Ps. Xci. 6) ... 2. That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers. 'I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. ... <botany>' (S …

pestilential
Relating to or tending to produce a pestilence. ... Synonym: pestiferous. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pestis
Synonym: plague. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pestis ambulans
ambulant plague ...

pestis bubonica
Synonym for bubonic plague ... <microbiology> This rare bacterial infection due to Yersinia pestis. ... It can cause painful, enlarged lymph nodes, fever, headache and prostration 2-7 days after a flea bite. May also cause pneumonia and sepsis. ... Transmitted in rodents and humans via an infected flea bite. The incubation period is 2-10 days. Y …

pestis fulminans
Synonym for bubonic plague ... <microbiology> This rare bacterial infection due to Yersinia pestis. ... It can cause painful, enlarged lymph nodes, fever, headache and prostration 2-7 days after a flea bite. May also cause pneumonia and sepsis. ... Transmitted in rodents and humans via an infected flea bite. The incubation period is 2-10 days. Y …

pestis major
Synonym for bubonic plague ... <microbiology> This rare bacterial infection due to Yersinia pestis. ... It can cause painful, enlarged lymph nodes, fever, headache and prostration 2-7 days after a flea bite. May also cause pneumonia and sepsis. ... Transmitted in rodents and humans via an infected flea bite. The incubation period is 2-10 days. Y …

pestis minor
ambulant plague ...

pestis siderans
Synonym for septicaemic plague ... A generally fatal form of plague in which there is an intense bacteraemia with symptoms of profound toxaemia. ... Synonym: pestis siderans. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

pestivirus
A genus of flaviviridae, also known as mucosal disease virus group, which is not arthropod-borne. Transmission is by direct and indirect contact, and by transplacental and congenital transmission. Species include border disease virus, bovine viral diarrhoea virus (diarrhoea virus, bovine viral), and hog cholera virus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pestivirus infections
Infections with viruses of the genus pestivirus, family flaviviridae. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

pestle
An instrument in the shape of a rod with one rounded and weighted extremity, used for bruising, breaking, grinding, and mixing substances in a mortar. ... Origin: L. Pistillum, fr. Pinso, or piso, to pound ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

PET
Synonym for positron emission tomography ... <radiology> A highly specialised research imaging technique using short lived radioactive substances - usually those made with a cyclotron. This technique is very sensitive in picking up active tumour tissue but does not measure the size of it. ... Tomographic images are formed by computer analysis o …

PET scan
Positron Emission Tomography. A scanning device which uses low-dose radioactive sugar to measure brain activity. This is a limited-use diagnostic tool. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...

PET56 methyltransferase
<enzyme> Catalyses the site-specific formation of 2'-o-methylguanosine on in vitro transcripts of both mitochondrial 21s rrna and e. Coli 23s rrna ... Registry number: EC 2.1.1.- ... Synonym: pet56 protein, pet56 methylase, pet56 nuclear gene product ... (26 Jun 1999) ...

peta-
<prefix> Prefix used in the SI and metric systems to signify one quadrillion (10^15). ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

petal
1. <plant biology> A member of the inner whorl of non-fertile parts surrounding the fertile organs of a flower, usually soft and coloured conspicuously. ... 2. <suffix> Seeking; movement toward the part indicated by the main portion of the word. ... Origin: L. Peto, to seek, strive for ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

petaloid
Like a petal, soft in texture and coloured conspicuously. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

petechia
A pinpoint, nonraised, perfectly round, purplish red spot caused by intradermal or submucous haemorrhage. ... Compare: ecchymosis. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

petechiae
Small red spots on the skin that usually indicate a low platelet count. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...

petechial angiomas
Multiple lesions resembling petechiae but due to dilation of capillary walls; they are obliterated by pressure. ... Angioma serpiginosum, the presence of rings of red dots on the skin, especially in female children, which tend to widen peripherally, due to dilatation of superficial capillaries. ... Synonym: essential telangiectasia, primary telangiec …

petechial fever
Synonym for purpura haemorrhagica ... idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura ...

petechial haemorrhage
Capillary haemorrhage into the skin that forms petechiae. ... Synonym: punctate haemorrhage. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

petechiasis
Formation of petechiae or purpura. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

peter
A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles, Peter boat, a fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originally of the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English rivers. Peter Funk, the auctioneer in a mock auction. Peter pence, or Peter's pence. An annual tax or tribute, formerly paid by the English people to the pope, being a pe …

Peters, Albert
<person> German physician, 1862-1938. ... See: Peters' anomaly. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Peters, Hubert
<person> Austrian obstetrician, 1859-1934. ... See: Peters' ovum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Peters' anomaly
Synonym for anterior chamber cleavage syndrome ... <syndrome> A congenital disorder originating from faulty separation of embryonic structures; it results in bilateral central corneal opacities, with an anterior ring attachment of the iridic pupillary border and anterior polar cataracts; associated with short-limbed dwarfism; autosomal dominan …