Category: P

A form of urinary incontinence; instead of emptying normally, the full bladder allows urine to drip away upon pressure.  

The constant voiding of small amounts of urine and feces owing to stroke or other central nervous system disorders.  

A weakness of the pyloric sphincter, which permits undigested food to leave the stomach and enter the duodenum.  

A condition in which one or more substances in a mixture oppose or counteract one of the other compounds being administered.  

An afferent nerve impulse arising from stimuli originating in joints, muscles, tendons, or other sensory endings that respond to pressure or stretch.  

An elastic final dental impression used to construct restorations, prosthetics, and appliances, which is made from a paste composed of polysulfide polymer, filler, sulfur, plasticizer, and an accelerator paste containing lead dioxide (which causes it to turn dark-brown).  

The stiffest of the dental final impression materials, used to construct restorations, prosthetics, and other appliances. It is made from a base containing a polyether polymer, silica, filler, and plasticizer, and an accelerator, made of an alkylaromatic sulfonate, filler, and plasticizer.  

A negative impression of a portion of the maxilla or mandible where teeth were previously present.  

Impotence caused by emotional factors rather than organic disease.  

Erectile dysfunction due to the side effects of certain drugs and medications (e.g., alcohol, cytotoxic agents, barbiturates, beta blockers, marijuana, cimetidine, clonidine, guanethidine, immunosuppressives, lithium, opiates, phenothiazine, some antihypertensive agents, some diuretics, antidepressants, and anticholinergics).