Category: P
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Phlebolithiasis
The formation of phleboliths in veins.
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Puerperal phlebitis
Venous inflammation following childbirth.
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Philadelphia collar
A lightweight orthosis for the head and neck used to restrict cervical movement.
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Pheresis
The removal of blood or other body fluids from a patient, separating certain elements (e.g., immunoglobulins, platelets, or red blood cells) and reinfusing the remaining elements into the patient.
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Pheomelanins
Yellow-brown, sulfur-containing pigments present as the pigment in human red hair. A type of melanin that is red to yellow in color. People with light-colored skin mostly produce pheomelanin There are two types of melanin; the other type is eumelanin.
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Pheochromocyte
A chromaffin cell, such as one of those in the adrenal medulla, that gives a positive chromaffin reaction, i.e., it yields a yellowish reaction with chrome salts. A cell found in the sympathetic nerve ganglia and the adrenal gland’s medulla. These cells can be stained yellow using chromic acid salts.
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Pheochromoblast
Embryonic cells that develop into pheochromocytes.
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Pheochrome
Staining darkly with chrome salts.
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Phenylpyruvic acid oligophrenia
A form of inherited mental retardation resulting from phenylketonuria.
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Phenylhydrazine
An oily nitrogenous base used as a test for the presence of sugar in the urine.