Category: P
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Prethyroid
Located anterior to the thyroid gland in the neck.
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Presentation of the cord
A situation where the umbilical cord descends in front of the baby at the onset of labor.
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Presbyatrics
The medical care for illnesses that arise during old age. It is also known as geriatrics.
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Preneoplastic
Taking place prior to the formation of a distinct tumor.
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Premonitory symptoms
Symptoms that signal the beginning of a disease.
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Prehyoid
Located anterior to the hyoid bone in the neck.
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Prehemiplegic
Growth and maturation of a fertilized egg within the oviduct.
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Preemptive
Anything that comes before the distinctive rash of a disease.
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Preconacious
A psychoanalytic term used to describe mental processes that a person is not consciously aware of but can recall, in contrast to unconscious processes that cannot be recalled. This state is also known as the “foreconscious.”
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Precentral
In front of the central fissure in the brain.