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Purgative
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Purgative A purging medicine; something that cleanses or purges the body (via the bowels) of an unwanted substance.
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Primigravida
Latin term for a woman pregnant for the first time.
Primitive reflexes
The reflexes that every baby is born with, including the rooting, sucking, startle, and grasp reflexes.
Prolapsed cord
In one of every 300 or so births, the umbilical cord slips out through the cervix ahead of the baby, which is dangerous because uterine contractions block blood flow to the baby. Unless the cervix is already dilated and birth is imminent, cesarean delivery is the usual solution.
Prolonged labor
When labor does not progress to vaginalbirth after 18 hours.
Puerperium
The period from the third stage of labor through the uterus's recovery after childbirth.
Purgative
Parvocellular layer
4 superficial layers of the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus. Small neurons, termination sight of midget ganglion cells.
Palinopsia
Literally 'seeing again'; Is a form of visual perseveration. It refers to reappearance of an image after some time when the original external stimulus is no longer available. Neural basis of palinopsia is unknown but many palinopsia patients have some right-hemisphere disturbances.
Parvocellular pathway
Pathway that begins with the midget (parvo) ganglion cells in the retina and terminates within the parvocellular layer of the LGN. Conduction slower than that of Magnocellular Pathway.
Pattern adaptation
The perceived width and orientation of a grating pattern can be altered by first adapting to grating pattern of different frequencies and orientations. After adapting the contrast sensitivity to stimuli near the frequency or orientation of the adapting pattern is reduced. Suggests the existence of neurons tuned for frequency and orientation at are fatigued by the adapting pattern.
Perceptive field
Area of the retina or visual space that when stimulated by a visual stimulus produces a change in behavioral response.
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Primigravida
Latin term for a woman pregnant for the first time.
Primitive reflexes
The reflexes that every baby is born with, including the rooting, sucking, startle, and grasp reflexes.
Prolapsed cord
In one of every 300 or so births, the umbilical cord slips out through the cervix ahead of the baby, which is dangerous because uterine contractions block blood flow to the baby. Unless the cervix is already dilated and birth is imminent, cesarean delivery is the usual solution.
Prolonged labor
When labor does not progress to vaginalbirth after 18 hours.
Puerperium
The period from the third stage of labor through the uterus's recovery after childbirth.
Purgative
Parvocellular layer
4 superficial layers of the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus. Small neurons, termination sight of midget ganglion cells.
Palinopsia
Literally 'seeing again'; Is a form of visual perseveration. It refers to reappearance of an image after some time when the original external stimulus is no longer available. Neural basis of palinopsia is unknown but many palinopsia patients have some right-hemisphere disturbances.
Parvocellular pathway
Pathway that begins with the midget (parvo) ganglion cells in the retina and terminates within the parvocellular layer of the LGN. Conduction slower than that of Magnocellular Pathway.
Pattern adaptation
The perceived width and orientation of a grating pattern can be altered by first adapting to grating pattern of different frequencies and orientations. After adapting the contrast sensitivity to stimuli near the frequency or orientation of the adapting pattern is reduced. Suggests the existence of neurons tuned for frequency and orientation at are fatigued by the adapting pattern.
Perceptive field
Area of the retina or visual space that when stimulated by a visual stimulus produces a change in behavioral response.
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