Category: P

  • Ptyalocele

    A cyst formed in the salivary gland. A salivary cystic tumor or cystic dilatation of a salivary duct.  

  • Ptilosis

    Loss of eyelashes due to disease or chemotherapy.  

  • Psychrotherapy

    Use of cold temperature to treat a disease; used in removal of skin lesions such as warts. The treatment of disease by the use of cold. The therapy that uses cold to treat diseases.  

  • Psorelcosis

    Ulcerative skin lesions occurring as a result of scabies.  

  • Psomophagia

    Habitually swallowing of food without completely chewing.  

  • Psoitis

    Inflammation and pain in the loins originating from the psoas muscle.  

  • Psoas muscle

    Muscle of the internal aspect of the hip that extends from the lumbar vertebrae to the lesser trochanter of the femur; contracture causes flexion and lateral movement of the spine. This muscle raises the hip towards the chest. It consists of two segments: the psoas major and psoas minor. The psoas major is responsible for…

  • Pseudophakia

    Condition where the lens of the eye is replaced with connective tissue. The condition in which an artificial lens has been implanted in the eye, e.g., after cataract surgery to remove a cloudy lens.  

  • Protease inhibitor drug

    One of a class of medications used to treat human immunodeficiency virus by inhibiting the ability of the virus to replicate.  

  • Pronator teres muscle

    Muscle that functions to produce medial arm rotation.