Category: P

One of the small median lobes on the lower surface of the liver.  

A marked convexity on the outer surface of the parietal bone.  

An embolus in the pulmonary artery or one of its branches.  

An embolism arising from the venous circulation that enters the arterial circulation by crossing from the right side of the heart to the left side through a patent foramen ovale or septal defect. It may occasionally cause stroke in a patient with a deep venous thrombosis.  

A surgical instrument for separating the periosteum from the bone.  

An anode; the pole opposite a cathode.  

An electrode in which the sensing membrane is an organic polymer containing a hydrophobic ion-exchange neutral carrier (ionophore).  

An electrode with an insulating handle at one end and a small metallic terminal at the other for use in applying static sparks.  

An electric charge caused by loss of negatively charged electrons.  

Follicular, impetiginous, or consecutive eczema including eczema rubrum (red, glazed surface with little oozing), eczema madidans (raw, red, and covered with moisture), eczema fissum (thick, dry, inelastic skin with cracks and fissures), and squamous eczema (chronic on soles, legs, scalp; multiple circumscribed, infiltrated patches with thin, dry scales).