Category: P

Treatment designed to relieve symptoms of disease rather than to cure it. Therapies that alleviate the symptoms of a condition without curing it are referred to as palliative treatments. There is a broad spectrum of such treatments available. These include pain management, drugs to counteract nausea and vomiting, sedatives to combat insomnia, and additional approaches…

The administration of sedative and hypnotic drugs to dying patients to induce coma and alleviate pain and suffering. It is a technique used in end-of-life care when other measures to achieve comfort for the dying patient have failed. Medications such as barbiturates and opiates are used to tranquilize the patient. The intent is not to…

The sensation of vibration felt in the skin or bones, as that produced by a tuning fork held against the body,  

A metallic element used in dentistry and surgical instruments; atomic weight 106.4; atomic number 46.  

The perception of repetitive auditory sensations, sometimes confused with auditory or musical hallucinations. It is usually a symptom of a lesion such as a tumor or a seizure focus in the temporal lobe of the brain.  

An obsolete term for a part of the striatum.  

The parts of the rhinencephalon that receive direct input from the olfactory bulb.  

Regarding a peripheral motor nervous system controlling automatic associated movements. It is older phylogenetically than the system controlling voluntary movement.  

The tensor veli palatini muscle.  

Plastic surgical procedure for decreasing the size of the opening of the nasopharyngeal passageway. It has been used to treat chronic snoring.