Category: P

Pain in the pancreas.  

A congenital anomaly in which the dorsal and ventral pancreatic ducts fail to unite during embryonic development. It has been associated with pancreatitis.  

A tumor (usually from lung cancer) that spreads from the superior pulmonary sulcus into the brachial plexus and cervical sympathetic chain, producing Pancoast’s syndrome.  

A cluster of signs and symptoms that include (1) upper extremity or shoulder pain, (2) Horner’s syndrome, and (3) atrophy of muscle or bone of the affected arm. It almost always is caused by a malignant neoplasm invading the brachial plexus and cervical sympathetic nerves. Rarely, it results from a tubercular or fungal infection of…

The scientific name for American ginseng.  

The scientific name for Asian ginseng, also known as Chinese or Korean ginseng. This is the ginseng variety used most often in herbal remedies.  

Localized or generalized wasting away.  

Inflammation of all three layers of an artery (intima, media, and adventitia).  

Inflammation of all three layers of a blood vessel (intima, media, and adventitia).    

A substance capable of agglutinizing corpuscles of every blood group.