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  • Profundus

    Located deeper than the indicated reference point.  

  • Profluvium seminis

    The flow from the vagina of semen deposited during coition.  

  • Profluvium

    An excessive flow or discharge; a flux.  

  • Safety profile

    The chemistry, pharmacology, therapeutic effects, and adverse effects of an administered drug or other substance.  

  • Practice profile

    A performance-based method of assessing the professional behaviors of individual practitioners. A typical profile may include data about a practioner’s patients, their known illnesses, their drug therapies, their immunization history, hospitalization rate, use of other services, and the cost of specific aspects of their care. The profile of an individual practitioner’s performance could provide information…

  • Iceberg profile

    Profile of a person with a psychological outlook characterized by more vigor and less tension, depression, anger, fatigue, and confusion than is found in others. This type of affect often is found in elite athletes and others with physically active lifestyles.  

  • Drug profile

    The unique characteristics of a drug or class of drugs, including their administration, absorption, metabolism, duration of action, toxicity, and interactions with foods or other medications.  

  • Proficiency test

    A formal assessment of the quality of work. Proficiency tests for health care personnel are commonly performed in the clinical laboratory to ensure that standard procedures are followed and that laboratory results are reliable.  

  • Profibrinolysin

    The inactive precursor of the proteolytic enzyme fibrinolysin.  

  • Proestrus

    The period preceding estrus in females, characterized by development of ovarian follicles and uterine endometrium.  

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