Category: P

A clot formed in the sac of an aneurysm.  

In females, the slit between the labia majora.  

A condition of newborns in which unoxygenated blood is shunted from the right to the left side of the heart through the ductus arteriosus and the foramen ovale, resulting in hypoxemia. It is caused by pulmonary hypertension and occurs most frequently in small-for gestational-age infants and infants of diabetic mothers.  

Acceleration of the rate of an event such as the heartbeat.  

An abnormal chromosome 22 in which there is translocation of the distal portion of its long arm to chromosome 9. It is found in leukocyte cultures of many patients with chronic myelocytic leukemia. The Philadelphia chromosome was the first chromosomal change found to be characteristic of a human disease. An atypical chromosome observed in individuals…

Chromatography in which substances in solution are separated by being exposed to two immiscible solvents. The immobile solvent is located between the spaces of an inert material such as starch, cellulose, or silica. The substances move with the mobile solvent as it passes down the column at a rate governed by their partition coefficient.  

Chromatography in which paper strips are used as the porous solid medium.  

Chorea affecting partially paralyzed muscles subsequent to a hemiplegic attack.  

A chronic liver disease of unknown origin marked by inflammation and obliteration of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts. The disease progresses silently and steadily and in most patients leads to cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and liver failure. Seventy percent of patients are men and the mean age at diagnosis is 39. Liver transplantation can be…

Intraperitoneal injection of antineoplastic drugs.