Category: P

A hand- or machine-operated device for condensing amalgam, or gold foil, in the cavity preparation of a tooth.  

A mass obstructing a hole or intended to close a hole.  

A table, seat, or apparatus on which a patient lies or sits while doing remedial exercise.  

Commonly, a scissor action, pointed-jawed tool for bending or cutting metal wires or grasping small objects.  

Section of the posterior fold of the tympanic membrane. Surgical cutting of the rear part of the eardrum.  

A surgical procedure for obesity supplanted by partial gastric bypass.  

The veins around the base and neck of the bladder and prostate gland.  

One of three plexuses of autonomic nerve division that lie in body cavities. These are the cardiac, celiac, and hypogastric (pelvic) plexuses.  

In the male, a complicated network of veins lying in the spermatic cord and draining the testis. In the female, a network of veins lying in the mesovarium and draining the ovary.  

A hammer or other device for striking on the pleximeter in percussion. A network of nerves or of blood or lymphatic vessels. A tool used to trigger tendon reflexes, also known as a patellar hammer.