Category: P

Removal of the pleura of the lung or a portion of the surface lung tissue.  

Hearing impairment that is present in infancy and childhood, before language skills are acquired.  

Hearing impairment that develops after a patient has learned language.  

The sum of anatomical and alveolar dead space.  

Damages awarded in an amount intended to punish the defendant for the egregious nature of the tort.  

A cyst filled with a thick, viscid fluid and lined with tall epithelial cells.  

An epithelial cyst with a wall that resembles the follicular epithelium. It is filled with a homogeneous mixture of keratin and lipid.  

A cyst of the parovarium.  

A bluish discoloration of the digits.  

Use of a curet to remove pathological tissues from around the apex of the tooth root.