Category: P

The noneconomic injury which accompanies the physical injury a malpractice victim suffers as a result of the professional negligence, for which the law allows an amount of money to be paid to the victim as compensation. Some states limit the amount which can be awarded for pain and suffering in malpractice lawsuits. Psychological distress or…

A drug administered by mouth, usually in combination with other drugs, to treat tuberculosis. Side-effects may include digestive upsets, joint pains, gout, fever, and rashes, and high doses may cause liver damage.  

One of the conical masses that make up the medulla of the kidney, extending inward from a base inside the cortex toward the pelvis of the kidney. A solid on the base with three or more triangular sides that meet at an apex.  

Inflammation of an ovary and fallopian tube, with the formation of pus.  

Inflammation of a fallopian tube, with the formation of pus. Inflammation of the Fallopian tube accompanied by pus formation.  

Inflammation of the womb, with the formation of pus. Inflammation of the uterus with purulent exudate.  

A surgical operation in which the muscle around the outlet of the stomach (pylorus) is divided down to the lining (mucosa) in order to relieve congenital pyloric stenosis. Also called Ramstedt’s operation, this is a surgical procedure to divide the muscle around the outlet of the stomach (pylorus). It is done usually on babies to…

The process in which the cell nucleus is thickened into a dense mass, which occurs when cells die. Thickness, especially shrinking of cells through degeneration. A degenerative transformation in body cells where the cell nuclei condense and reduce to dense, formless clumps.  

Any chemical agent, for example malathion, used for killing fleas.  

Describing organisms, especially bacteria, that grow best at temperatures of 15-25°C. Preferring cold, as bacteria that thrive at low temperatures, between 0° and 30°C (32° and 86°F).