Category: P

Incision of the prepuce of the penis to relieve phimosis.  

A fold of the labia minora that covers the clitoris.  

To the greater power of one parent to transmit inherited characteristics to the offspring.  

Occurring prior to formation of the placenta.  

The anticipation of a perception. This intensifies the response to the perception.  

The period between the time of introduction of parasitic organisms into the body and their appearance in the blood or tissues.  

Before becoming evident or manifest.  

High doses of cancer chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy, used prior to bone marrow or cord blood transplantation to eliminate the recipient’s blood-forming cells. Very high doses of drugs and/or radiation are used to eliminate as many diseased cells from the recipient’s marrow as possible. As a result, the recipient’s normal blood cells are also destroyed.…

Located in front of the teeth.  

Managed care in which a patient or group contracts for all its health care services in advance, instead of paying for each service when it is delivered.