Category: P

An herbal remedy derived from the African evergreen tree Prunus africana. Tea and herbal capsules made from its bark are used in treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia.  

A brain abscess with suppuration within the cranium.  

A mite present in the straw of some cereals, contact with which causes a vesiculopapular dermatitis in humans. This is called grain itch.  

A genus of mites parasitic on the larvae of insects.  

Suppurative inflammation of the portal vein.  

Dilatation of the pelvis of the kidney and ureter.  

Creation of an opening into the renal pelvis.  

Shortening of the wall of a dilated renal pelvis by making surgical tucks in it.  

The surgical establishment of a connection between the kidney and bladder.  

Pyelitis associated with multiple small cysts in the mucosa of the renal pelvis.