Category: P
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Parental consent
Permission granted to a health care provider by a child’s mother or father for health care services.
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Parenchymatous
Concerning the essential tissues of an organ.
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Parenchymatitis
Inflammation of the parenchyma or substance of a gland.
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Parencephalous
A fetus with imperfect development of the cranium.
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Parencephalocele
Herniation of the cerebellum through a defect in the cranium.
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Parazoon
An animal that lives as a parasite on another animal.
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Paraxial
On either side of the axis of the body or one of its parts.
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Paravaginitis
Inflammation of the tissue surrounding the vagina.
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Paravaccinia
A viral disease that affects the udders of cows and may be transmitted to humans. In humans, the virus produces painless smooth or warty lesions, called” milker’s nodules,” on the hands and arms.
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Paratyphlitis
Inflammation of the connective tissue close to the cecum.