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  • Pentadactyl

    Having five digits or fingers. Having five digits on each hand and foot.  

  • Pension

    The amount of money paid at regular intervals to a retired employee.  

  • Penrose drain

    A cigarette drain composed of rubber tubing containing a length of absorbent tubing.  

  • Penoscrotal raphe

    The scar-like line on the underside of the penis, running from the anus to the glans penis. The formed in male prenatal development from the fusion of the urinogenital sinus that closes to form the tubular urethra within the penis.  

  • Penis captivus

    A condition in humans in which it is alleged that the shaft of the fully introduced penis is tightly encircled by the vagina during coitus and cannot be withdrawn. This condition is not anatomically possible in humans but can be found in the dog.  

  • Penis

    The male organ for copulation. The male genital organ, which also passes urine. The male organ of sexual reproduction, made up largely of spongy tissue, which on stimulation fills with blood and becomes erect. Running through the penis is the urethra, the passageway for both urine and semen, exiting through an opening at the head…

  • Penile shaft

    The body of the penis.  

  • Penile prosthesis

    A device implanted in the penis that assists it to become erect. The device is used in patients with erectile dysfunction due to such organic causes as trauma, prostatectomy, or diabetes. It is usually in the form of inflatable plastic cylinders implanted in each corpus cavernosum of the penis. These cylinders are attached to a…

  • Penile plethymograph

    A device for detecting blood flow in the penis, thus recording changes in the size of the penis.  

  • Penile chordee

    Painful downward curvature of the penis when erect.  

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