Category: P

  • Pareso-analgesia

    Partial paralysis combined with an inability to sense pain.  

  • Parenteral diarrhea

    Diarrhea in infants resulting from a disease originating outside the intestinal tract, such as inflamed eardrums or pneumonia.  

  • Parencephalus

    An individual born with a brain congenital malformation.  

  • Parencephalitis

    Inflammation of the cerebellum.  

  • Parathyroidal

    Regarding the parathyroid glands.  

  • Parasympathetic nerves

    The parasympathetic nerves, in conjunction with the sympathetic nerves, constitute the autonomic nervous system. This system conveys nerve signals to tissues other than voluntary muscles. Its operation is not subject to conscious control and it regulates organs like the heart, which continues to beat involuntarily under its influence, independent of the individual’s conscious effort.  

  • Pararhotacism

    The inability to pronounce an “R” sound, as can be observed in a child’s recitation of “wound and wound the wugged week the wagged wascal wan.”  

  • Paranephritis

    Inflammation of the tissues in proximity to the kidney.  

  • Parametric abscess

    An abscess located alongside the uterus, typically within the folds of the broad ligament, is known as parametritis. This condition involves inflammation of the tissues surrounding the uterus and is also referred to as pelvic cellulitis.  

  • Paramastoid

    Located in close proximity to the mastoid process behind the ear.