Category: P

An intermediate product in the digestive conversion of protein into peptone.  

Any agent that forces another to move in a desired direction. Inhaled medications rely on propellants to improve drug delivery to patients. Hydrofluoroalkane propellants are used in metered dose inhalers, i.e., in canisters that deliver drugs such as beta-agonists or anticholinergic agents to patients with asthma or chronic obstructive lung disease.  

An inflammable odorless, colorless hydrocarbon, C3Hg, that is present in natural gas.  

Applied to a backward and forward movement, as of the jaws.  

A device of sturdy material used to support or hold something in place.  

An early precursor of the red blood cell.  

A device for showing the amount of pronation or supination of the forearm.  

In animals, walking on the hands and feet or resting with the body in a horizontal position. It is the opposite of orthograde.  

A neurological disorder caused by entrapment of the median nerve at the elbow. Symptoms and signs include aching in the wrist with a subjective feeling of poor coordination; paresthesias extending into the hand; paresis of the thumb muscles; pain on pronation of the forearm and flexion of the wrist against resistance; and tenderness in the…

In the development of white blood cells, the precursor of the monocyte. It is between the mono-blast and monocyte.