Author: Glossary
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Pithode
The barrel shaped spindle formed during karyokinesis.
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Pitchblende
Uraninite, the principal source of uranium. It is a mineral that resembles pitch.
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Primitive pit
A minute depression at the anterior end of the primitive groove or streak and immediately posterior to the primitive knot.
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Nasal pit
In the embryo, one of two horseshoe-shaped depressions on the ventrolateral surface of the head bounded by lateral and median nasal processes. It gives rise to nostrils and a portion of the nasal fossa.
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Piroplasm
A sporozoan protozoan of the subclass Piroplasia, such as the genus Babesia.
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Piriformis syndrome
A condition marked by pain in the hip and buttock that radiates up into the lower back and down the leg. In women, the pain may occur during sexual intercourse. This is caused by entrapment of the sciatic nerve as it passes through the piriformis muscle in the buttock. Because the symptoms mimic those caused…
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Pipet
Narrow glass tube with both ends open for transferring and measuring liquids by suctioning them into the tube.
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Piper forceps
Forceps designed to deliver the infant’s head during a breech delivery, after other maneuvers to deliver the head have failed.
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Pion therapy
The use of subatomic particles, called pions, to treat brain cancers and some sarcomas.
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Pioglitazone
A thiazolidinedione administered orally as an adjunct to diet and exercise for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Its therapeutic class is antidiabetic (oral). A medication taken orally to lower blood sugar levels, pioglitazone is often used alongside other oral diabetes drugs, such as metformin or sulphonylurea, to treat type 2 diabetes. It works…