Category: P

A pupil of minute size; one excessively constricted; seen after use of miotics, in opium poisoning, and in certain brain disorders.  

The stage in complete metamorphosis of an insect that follows the larva and precedes the adult or imago. The insect does not feed during this stage and usually is inactive.  

The quality of being sharp, strong, or bitter, as an odor or taste.  

An operation to improve the drainage of tears through the lacrimal punctum of the eye when that opening is partly or completely blocked. The procedure is used to treat excessive tearing.  

A rash with minute red points.  

Depressed areas of the skin, especially of the palmar creases of the hands and soles.  

Discrete yellow-to-brown firm papules of the palms and soles that appear after skin trauma, e.g., in walking or regular use of the hands or feet at work. The lesions are found in patients with a genetic predisposition to keratoderma.  

Appearing as if holes have been made; used to describe appearance of bones (as seen on x-ray film ) in diseases like multiple myeloma.  

An imprecise term pert, to the behavioral consequences of traumatic brain injury in boxers who have received many blows to the head. If severe, cognitive and motor functions of the brain may be affected. Symptoms may resemble those of Parkinson’s disease. A state marked by speech difficulties, reduced focus, and slowed thinking. This arises from…

A device that pumps and oxygenates blood.