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  • Purgative

    A substance used to cleanse or purge, especially causing the immediate evacuation of the bowel. Substance that cleanses the bowels. An agent that will cause evacuation of the intestinal contents. A very strong laxative. An agent that causes cleansing or watery evacuation of the bowels, usually with griping (painful cramps). Drugs which evacuate the bowels;…

  • Pulmonary embolism

    A blockage (blood clot) of the main artery of the lung. A blockage of a pulmonary artery by a blood clot. Occlusion of one or more of the pulmonary arteries by a thrombus, which almost always originates in the leg veins from blood stasis, vessel injury, or changes in clotting factors. A blood clot in…

  • Puerperal

    Pertaining to child birth. Pertaining to a woman who has just given birth to a child or to the period or state of confinement after childbirth. Pertaining to, resulting from, or following childbirth. Referring to the puerperium.  

  • PTPIB

    Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B  

  • PTP

    Protein tyrosine phosphatase.  

  • Ptosis

    Ptosis

    A drooping of one or both upper eyelids. Dropping or drooping of an organ or part, such as the upper eyelid from paralysis, or the visceral organs from weakness of the abdominal muscles. Drooping of the upper eyelid, which makes the eye stay half closed. Drooping of one or both upper eyelids; it may be…

  • Pthysis

    Silicosis with tuberculosis.  

  • Psychotropic

    Capable of affecting the mind, emotions, and behavior. A term used to describe drugs, medications that have a special action on mental function. A substance that affects the mind or mood. Referring to a drug such as a stimulant or sedative which affects a person’s mood. To drugs that affect mood, such as tranquilizers and…

  • Psychotomimetic

    Hallucinogenic. Literally, mimicking a psychosis. Used to refer to certain drugs, such as lsd (lysergic acid diethylamide) or mescaline, that may produce psychotic-like states. Having the power or potential to mimic psychosis.  

  • Psychonautics

    Exploration of the psyche by means of approaches usch as meditation, prayer, lucid dreaming, brain wave entrainment etc.  

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