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Parenchyma
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Parenchyma The essential or functional elements of an organ.
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Essential
1. Something that cannot be done without. 2. Required in the diet, because the body cannot make it. As in an essential amino acid or an essential fatty acid. 3. Idiopathic. As in essential hypertension.
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Paredrine
Paredrine is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): hydroxyamphetamine hydrobromide.
Paremyd
Paremyd is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): hydroxyamphetamine hydrobromide; tropicamide.
Parenteral
Inside the body, but outside the intestines.
Paresis
It is only an impairment of the action of a muscle or a group of muscles (not a total loss of function).
Paresthesia
An abnormal sensation of burning or prickling on the skin, caused by a disorder of the nervous system.
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Panniculus
A layer of membrane.
Papillary
Having small nipple-shaped projections.
Papilloma
The common wart; a benign tumor derived from epithelium. They are caused by papillomaviruses.
Papules
A small circumscribed, solid, elevated lesion of the skin.
Parauterine
Beside the uterus.
Parenchyma
Patent
Open, exposed or unobstructed.
Patent ductus arteriosus
An abnormal persistence after birth of an open lumen in the ductus arteriosus, between the pulmonary artery and the aorta.
Pathogenesis
The sequence of events that leads to a disease or morbid process. It may be, for example, hormonal, chemical, infectious, genetic or traumatic in nature.
Pedunculated
Elevated, as on a stem (peduncle).
Peribronchial
Around the bronchus.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Essential
1. Something that cannot be done without. 2. Required in the diet, because the body cannot make it. As in an essential amino acid or an essential fatty acid. 3. Idiopathic. As in essential hypertension.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Paredrine
Paredrine is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): hydroxyamphetamine hydrobromide.
Paremyd
Paremyd is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): hydroxyamphetamine hydrobromide; tropicamide.
Parenteral
Inside the body, but outside the intestines.
Paresis
It is only an impairment of the action of a muscle or a group of muscles (not a total loss of function).
Paresthesia
An abnormal sensation of burning or prickling on the skin, caused by a disorder of the nervous system.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Panniculus
A layer of membrane.
Papillary
Having small nipple-shaped projections.
Papilloma
The common wart; a benign tumor derived from epithelium. They are caused by papillomaviruses.
Papules
A small circumscribed, solid, elevated lesion of the skin.
Parauterine
Beside the uterus.
Parenchyma
Patent
Open, exposed or unobstructed.
Patent ductus arteriosus
An abnormal persistence after birth of an open lumen in the ductus arteriosus, between the pulmonary artery and the aorta.
Pathogenesis
The sequence of events that leads to a disease or morbid process. It may be, for example, hormonal, chemical, infectious, genetic or traumatic in nature.
Pedunculated
Elevated, as on a stem (peduncle).
Peribronchial
Around the bronchus.
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